diff --git a/packages/markdown_parser/rust/src/block.rs b/packages/markdown_parser/rust/src/block.rs
index bd5ab4e38..ded2d9cd4 100644
--- a/packages/markdown_parser/rust/src/block.rs
+++ b/packages/markdown_parser/rust/src/block.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 use crate::ast::{AlertType, ListItem, Node, ParserFlags, TableAlignment};
 use crate::constants::{MAX_AST_NODES, MAX_LINE_LENGTH};
-use crate::links::{has_open_inline_code, has_valid_code_fence_language};
+use crate::links::has_valid_code_fence_language;
 use crate::normalize::{normalize_nodes, replace_trailing_whitespace_with_newline};
 use crate::parser::{MarkdownParser, ParseError, RuntimeState};
 use crate::text::{
@@ -175,31 +175,6 @@ pub(crate) fn parse_block(state: &mut RuntimeState<'_>) -> Result<BlockParseResu
                 }
                 return Ok(no_block(current, state.parser.node_count));
             }
-            let prefix = &line[..fence_pos];
-            if has_open_inline_code(prefix) {
-                return Ok(no_block(current, state.parser.node_count));
-            }
-            let inline_nodes = crate::inline::parse_inline(state.parser, prefix, line_offset)?;
-            let code_lines = slice_lines_from_fence(&state.lines, current, fence_pos);
-            if let Some(code_result) = parse_code_block(state.parser, &code_lines, 0)? {
-                let new_line_index = current + code_result.new_line_index;
-                let mut extra_nodes = Vec::new();
-                if inline_nodes.len() > 1 {
-                    extra_nodes.extend(inline_nodes[1..].iter().cloned());
-                }
-                extra_nodes.push(code_result.node.clone());
-                if let Some(extra) = &code_result.extra_content {
-                    state.lines[new_line_index].text = extra.content.clone();
-                    state.lines[new_line_index].offset = extra.offset;
-                }
-                let first_node = inline_nodes.first().cloned().unwrap_or(code_result.node);
-                return Ok(BlockParseResult {
-                    node: Some(first_node),
-                    extra_nodes: Some(extra_nodes),
-                    new_line_index,
-                    new_node_count: state.parser.node_count + inline_nodes.len() + 1,
-                });
-            }
         }
     } else if starts_with(trimmed, "```") {
         let mut content = line;
@@ -1251,16 +1226,6 @@ fn alert_type(label: &str) -> Option<AlertType> {
     }
 }
 
-fn slice_lines_from_fence(lines: &[Line], current: usize, fence_pos: usize) -> Vec<Line> {
-    let mut out = Vec::with_capacity(lines.len() - current);
-    out.push(Line {
-        text: lines[current].text[fence_pos..].to_owned(),
-        offset: lines[current].offset + fence_pos,
-    });
-    out.extend(lines[current + 1..].iter().cloned());
-    out
-}
-
 fn normalise_ordinal(items: &[ListItem], ordinal: Option<usize>, ordered: bool) -> Option<usize> {
     if !ordered {
         return None;
diff --git a/packages/markdown_parser/rust/src/links.rs b/packages/markdown_parser/rust/src/links.rs
index 9fc1919c2..0f54597f1 100644
--- a/packages/markdown_parser/rust/src/links.rs
+++ b/packages/markdown_parser/rust/src/links.rs
@@ -1078,31 +1078,6 @@ fn has_terminal_tld(text: &str) -> bool {
     letter_count >= 2 && i > 0 && byte_at(text, i - 1) == b'.'
 }
 
-pub fn has_open_inline_code(text: &str) -> bool {
-    if !text.contains('`') {
-        return false;
-    }
-    let mut open_len: Option<usize> = None;
-    let mut index = 0;
-    while index < text.len() {
-        if byte_at(text, index) != b'`' {
-            index += 1;
-            continue;
-        }
-        let mut run = 0usize;
-        while index + run < text.len() && byte_at(text, index + run) == b'`' {
-            run += 1;
-        }
-        if open_len.is_none() {
-            open_len = Some(run);
-        } else if open_len == Some(run) {
-            open_len = None;
-        }
-        index += run;
-    }
-    open_len.is_some()
-}
-
 pub fn has_valid_code_fence_language(language: &str) -> bool {
     if is_whitespace(byte_at(language, 0)) {
         return false;
diff --git a/packages/markdown_parser/rust/tests/code_blocks.rs b/packages/markdown_parser/rust/tests/code_blocks.rs
index 0f50b21be..ffb60494e 100644
--- a/packages/markdown_parser/rust/tests/code_blocks.rs
+++ b/packages/markdown_parser/rust/tests/code_blocks.rs
@@ -172,3 +172,27 @@ fn single_line_fence_without_space_is_content() {
         json!([{"type":"CodeBlock","content":"hello"}])
     );
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn mid_line_fence_is_literal_text() {
+    assert_eq!(
+        parse("note text```rust\nfn main() {}\n```"),
+        json!([{"type":"Text","content":"note text```rust\nfn main() {}\n```"}])
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn mid_line_fence_spanning_multiple_lines_stays_text() {
+    assert_eq!(
+        parse("intro line ```js\nbody one\nbody two\n```"),
+        json!([{"type":"Text","content":"intro line ```js\nbody one\nbody two\n```"}])
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn line_start_fence_still_opens_code_block() {
+    assert_eq!(
+        parse("```rust\nfn main() {}\n```"),
+        json!([{"type":"CodeBlock","language":"rust","content":"fn main() {}\n"}])
+    );
+}