diff --git a/registry/txt.go b/registry/txt.go
index 6789e2130..8e7b6f096 100644
--- a/registry/txt.go
+++ b/registry/txt.go
@@ -212,12 +212,6 @@ func (im *TXTRegistry) Records(ctx context.Context) ([]*endpoint.Endpoint, error
 // generateTXTRecord generates both "old" and "new" TXT records.
 // Once we decide to drop old format we need to drop toTXTName() and rename toNewTXTName
 func (im *TXTRegistry) generateTXTRecord(r *endpoint.Endpoint) []*endpoint.Endpoint {
-	// Missing TXT records are added to the set of changes.
-	// Obviously, we don't need any other TXT record for them.
-	if r.RecordType == endpoint.RecordTypeTXT {
-		return nil
-	}
-
 	endpoints := make([]*endpoint.Endpoint, 0)
 
 	if !im.txtEncryptEnabled && !im.mapper.recordTypeInAffix() && r.RecordType != endpoint.RecordTypeAAAA {
diff --git a/registry/txt_test.go b/registry/txt_test.go
index 6ddebd6e5..515163cfa 100644
--- a/registry/txt_test.go
+++ b/registry/txt_test.go
@@ -1046,6 +1046,8 @@ func testTXTRegistryMissingRecordsWithPrefix(t *testing.T) {
 			newEndpointWithOwner("txt.oldformat2.test-zone.example.org", "\"heritage=external-dns,external-dns/owner=owner\"", endpoint.RecordTypeTXT, ""),
 			newEndpointWithOwner("newformat.test-zone.example.org", "foobar.nameserver.com", endpoint.RecordTypeNS, ""),
 			newEndpointWithOwner("txt.ns-newformat.test-zone.example.org", "\"heritage=external-dns,external-dns/owner=owner\"", endpoint.RecordTypeTXT, ""),
+			newEndpointWithOwner("oldformat3.test-zone.example.org", "random", endpoint.RecordTypeTXT, ""),
+			newEndpointWithOwner("txt.oldformat3.test-zone.example.org", "\"heritage=external-dns,external-dns/owner=owner\"", endpoint.RecordTypeTXT, ""),
 			newEndpointWithOwner("txt.newformat.test-zone.example.org", "\"heritage=external-dns,external-dns/owner=owner\"", endpoint.RecordTypeTXT, ""),
 			newEndpointWithOwner("noheritage.test-zone.example.org", "random", endpoint.RecordTypeTXT, ""),
 			newEndpointWithOwner("oldformat-otherowner.test-zone.example.org", "bar.loadbalancer.com", endpoint.RecordTypeA, ""),
@@ -1084,6 +1086,20 @@ func testTXTRegistryMissingRecordsWithPrefix(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			DNSName:    "oldformat3.test-zone.example.org",
+			Targets:    endpoint.Targets{"random"},
+			RecordType: endpoint.RecordTypeTXT,
+			Labels: map[string]string{
+				endpoint.OwnerLabelKey: "owner",
+			},
+			ProviderSpecific: []endpoint.ProviderSpecificProperty{
+				{
+					Name:  "txt/force-update",
+					Value: "true",
+				},
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			DNSName:    "newformat.test-zone.example.org",
 			Targets:    endpoint.Targets{"foobar.nameserver.com"},
@@ -1122,7 +1138,7 @@ func testTXTRegistryMissingRecordsWithPrefix(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
-	r, _ := NewTXTRegistry(p, "txt.", "", "owner", time.Hour, "wc", []string{endpoint.RecordTypeCNAME, endpoint.RecordTypeA, endpoint.RecordTypeNS}, []string{}, false, nil)
+	r, _ := NewTXTRegistry(p, "txt.", "", "owner", time.Hour, "wc", []string{endpoint.RecordTypeCNAME, endpoint.RecordTypeA, endpoint.RecordTypeNS, endpoint.RecordTypeTXT}, []string{}, false, nil)
 	records, _ := r.Records(ctx)
 
 	assert.True(t, testutils.SameEndpoints(records, expectedRecords))