diff --git a/IPython/extensions/sympyprinting.py b/IPython/extensions/sympyprinting.py
index 6ef9414..a607ddd 100644
--- a/IPython/extensions/sympyprinting.py
+++ b/IPython/extensions/sympyprinting.py
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ def print_latex(o):
     """A function to generate the latex representation of sympy expressions."""
     s = latex(o, mode='plain')
     s = s.replace('\\dag','\\dagger')
+    s = s.strip('$')
     return '$$%s$$' % s