diff --git a/lib/gollum/markup.rb b/lib/gollum/markup.rb
index b977bc58..97d15c7e 100644
--- a/lib/gollum/markup.rb
+++ b/lib/gollum/markup.rb
@@ -116,9 +116,6 @@ module Gollum
     #
     # Returns the placeholder'd String data.
     def extract_tags(data)
-      if @format == :asciidoc
-        return data
-      end
       data.gsub!(/(.?)\[\[(.+?)\]\]([^\[]?)/m) do
         if $1 == "'" && $3 != "'"
           "[[#{$2}]]#{$3}"
diff --git a/test/test_markup.rb b/test/test_markup.rb
index 1175201a..f9f176c3 100644
--- a/test/test_markup.rb
+++ b/test/test_markup.rb
@@ -588,19 +588,6 @@ np.array([[2,2],[1,3]],np.float)
     compare(content, output, 'md')
   end
 
-  #########################################################################
-  # Asciidoc
-  #########################################################################
-
-  test "asciidoc header" do 
-    compare("= Book Title\n\n== Heading", '<div class="sect1"><h2 id="wiki-_heading">Heading</h2><div class="sectionbody"></div></div>', 'asciidoc')
-  end
-
-  test "internal links with asciidoc" do 
-    compare("= Book Title\n\n[[anid]]\n== Heading", '<div class="sect1"><h2 id="wiki-anid">Heading</h2><div class="sectionbody"></div></div>', 'asciidoc')
-  end
-
-
   #########################################################################
   #
   # Helpers