diff --git a/breathe/renderer/sphinxrenderer.py b/breathe/renderer/sphinxrenderer.py
index 60a8b7dc..56ebd932 100644
--- a/breathe/renderer/sphinxrenderer.py
+++ b/breathe/renderer/sphinxrenderer.py
@@ -805,35 +805,26 @@ def visit_docformula(self, node):
 
             latex = item.getValue()
 
-            # Somewhat hacky if statements to strip out the doxygen markup that slips through
-
-            rst_node = None
-
+            docname = self.state.document.settings.env.docname
+            # Strip out the doxygen markup that slips through
             # Either inline
             if latex.startswith("$") and latex.endswith("$"):
                 latex = latex[1:-1]
-
-                # If we're inline create a math node like the :math: role
-                rst_node = self.node_factory.math()
+                nodelist.append(self.node_factory.math(text=latex,
+                                                       label=None,
+                                                       nowrap=False,
+                                                       docname=docname,
+                                                       number=None))
+            # Else we're multiline
             else:
-                # Else we're multiline
-                rst_node = self.node_factory.math_block()
-
-            # Or multiline
-            if latex.startswith("\\[") and latex.endswith("\\]"):
-                latex = latex[2:-2:]
-
-            # Here we steal the core of the mathbase "math" directive handling code from:
-            #    sphinx.ext.mathbase
-            rst_node["latex"] = latex
-
-            # Required parameters which we don't have values for
-            rst_node["label"] = None
-            rst_node["nowrap"] = False
-            rst_node["docname"] = self.state.document.settings.env.docname
-            rst_node["number"] = None
-
-            nodelist.append(rst_node)
+                if latex.startswith("\\[") and latex.endswith("\\]"):
+                    latex = latex[2:-2:]
+
+                nodelist.append(self.node_factory.math_block(text=latex,
+                                                             label=None,
+                                                             nowrap=False,
+                                                             docname=docname,
+                                                             number=None))
 
         return nodelist