diff --git a/__tests__/unit/node/markdown/plugins/snippet.test.ts b/__tests__/unit/node/markdown/plugins/snippet.test.ts
index 15f72fc50..4d118f628 100644
--- a/__tests__/unit/node/markdown/plugins/snippet.test.ts
+++ b/__tests__/unit/node/markdown/plugins/snippet.test.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import {
   dedent,
   findRegions,
-  rawPathToToken,
-  stripMarkers
+  rawPathToToken
 } from 'node/markdown/plugins/snippet'
 import { expect } from 'vitest'
 
@@ -428,64 +427,4 @@ describe('node/markdown/plugins/snippet', () => {
       }
     })
   })
-
-  describe('stripRegionMarkers', () => {
-    it('removes #region and #endregion lines', () => {
-      const src = [
-        '// #region A',
-        '// #region B',
-        'console.log("Hello, World!");',
-        '// #endregion B',
-        '// #endregion A'
-      ]
-      expect(stripMarkers(src, true)).toBe('console.log("Hello, World!");')
-    })
-
-    it('does not remove any marker if stripRegionMarkers is false', () => {
-      const src = [
-        '// #region A',
-        '// #region B',
-        'console.log("Hello, World!");',
-        '// #endregion B',
-        '// #endregion A'
-      ]
-      expect(stripMarkers(src, false)).toBe(src.join('\n'))
-    })
-
-    it('removes region markers for various syntaxes', () => {
-      const src = [
-        '<!-- #region html -->',
-        '<div>hi</div>',
-        '<!-- #endregion html -->',
-        '/* #region css */',
-        'body {}',
-        '/* #endregion css */',
-        '#pragma region cpp',
-        'int main(){}',
-        '#pragma endregion cpp',
-        '::#region bat',
-        'ECHO ON',
-        'REM #endregion bat'
-      ]
-      const out = stripMarkers(src, true)
-      expect(out).not.toContain('#region')
-      expect(out).not.toContain('#endregion')
-      expect(out).toContain('<div>hi</div>')
-      expect(out).toContain('body {}')
-      expect(out).toContain('int main(){}')
-      expect(out).toContain('ECHO ON')
-    })
-
-    it('removes markers even if indented or with extra spaces', () => {
-      const src = [
-        '   //   #region   spaced  ',
-        '\t/* #region */',
-        'code();',
-        '   // #endregion spaced',
-        '/*    #endregion   */'
-      ]
-      const out = stripMarkers(src, true)
-      expect(out.trim()).toBe('code();')
-    })
-  })
 })
diff --git a/src/node/markdown/plugins/snippet.ts b/src/node/markdown/plugins/snippet.ts
index 87ba8da14..a8f3be5f8 100644
--- a/src/node/markdown/plugins/snippet.ts
+++ b/src/node/markdown/plugins/snippet.ts
@@ -126,23 +126,23 @@ export function findRegions(lines: string[], regionName: string) {
   return returned
 }
 
-export function stripMarkers(lines: string[], stripMarkers: boolean): string {
-  if (!stripMarkers) return lines.join('\n')
-  return lines
-    .filter((l) => {
-      for (const m of markers) {
-        if (m.start.test(l) || m.end.test(l)) return false
-      }
-      return true
-    })
-    .join('\n')
-}
-
 export const snippetPlugin = (
   md: MarkdownItAsync,
   srcDir: string,
   stripMarkersFromSnippets = false
 ) => {
+  function stripMarkers(lines: string[]): string {
+    if (!stripMarkersFromSnippets) return lines.join('\n')
+    return lines
+      .filter((l) => {
+        for (const m of markers) {
+          if (m.start.test(l) || m.end.test(l)) return false
+        }
+        return true
+      })
+      .join('\n')
+  }
+
   const parser: RuleBlock = (state, startLine, endLine, silent) => {
     const CH = '<'.charCodeAt(0)
     const pos = state.bMarks[startLine] + state.tShift[startLine]
@@ -231,8 +231,7 @@ export const snippetPlugin = (
               lines
                 .slice(r.start, r.end)
                 .filter((l) => !(r.re.start.test(l) || r.re.end.test(l)))
-            ),
-            stripMarkersFromSnippets
+            )
           )
         )
       } else {
@@ -241,7 +240,7 @@ export const snippetPlugin = (
         return fence(...args)
       }
     } else {
-      content = stripMarkers(content.split('\n'), stripMarkersFromSnippets)
+      content = stripMarkers(content.split('\n'))
     }
 
     token.content = content