diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/rich-text/index.js b/packages/block-editor/src/components/rich-text/index.js
index 0b03bcca6a490d..40f758f064e081 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/components/rich-text/index.js
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/components/rich-text/index.js
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import {
 	getTextContent,
 	insert,
 	__unstableInsertLineSeparator as insertLineSeparator,
+	__unstableRemoveLineSeparator as removeLineSeparator,
 	__unstableIsEmptyLine as isEmptyLine,
 	__unstableToDom as toDom,
 	remove,
@@ -639,7 +640,7 @@ export class RichText extends Component {
 
 		if ( keyCode === DELETE || keyCode === BACKSPACE ) {
 			const value = this.createRecord();
-			const { replacements, text, start, end } = value;
+			const { start, end } = value;
 
 			// Always handle full content deletion ourselves.
 			if ( start === 0 && end !== 0 && end === value.text.length ) {
@@ -649,58 +650,7 @@ export class RichText extends Component {
 			}
 
 			if ( this.multilineTag ) {
-				let newValue;
-
-				if ( keyCode === BACKSPACE ) {
-					const index = start - 1;
-
-					if ( text[ index ] === LINE_SEPARATOR ) {
-						const collapsed = isCollapsed( value );
-
-						// If the line separator that is about te be removed
-						// contains wrappers, remove the wrappers first.
-						if ( collapsed && replacements[ index ] && replacements[ index ].length ) {
-							const newReplacements = replacements.slice();
-
-							newReplacements[ index ] = replacements[ index ].slice( 0, -1 );
-							newValue = {
-								...value,
-								replacements: newReplacements,
-							};
-						} else {
-							newValue = remove(
-								value,
-								// Only remove the line if the selection is
-								// collapsed, otherwise remove the selection.
-								collapsed ? start - 1 : start,
-								end
-							);
-						}
-					}
-				} else if ( text[ end ] === LINE_SEPARATOR ) {
-					const collapsed = isCollapsed( value );
-
-					// If the line separator that is about te be removed
-					// contains wrappers, remove the wrappers first.
-					if ( collapsed && replacements[ end ] && replacements[ end ].length ) {
-						const newReplacements = replacements.slice();
-
-						newReplacements[ end ] = replacements[ end ].slice( 0, -1 );
-						newValue = {
-							...value,
-							replacements: newReplacements,
-						};
-					} else {
-						newValue = remove(
-							value,
-							start,
-							// Only remove the line if the selection is
-							// collapsed, otherwise remove the selection.
-							collapsed ? end + 1 : end,
-						);
-					}
-				}
-
+				const newValue = removeLineSeparator( value, keyCode === BACKSPACE );
 				if ( newValue ) {
 					this.onChange( newValue );
 					event.preventDefault();
diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/rich-text/index.native.js b/packages/block-editor/src/components/rich-text/index.native.js
index 5adcbd23054122..92143f16b10697 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/components/rich-text/index.native.js
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/components/rich-text/index.native.js
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ import {
 	split,
 	toHTMLString,
 	insert,
-	__UNSTABLE_LINE_SEPARATOR as LINE_SEPARATOR,
 	__unstableInsertLineSeparator as insertLineSeparator,
 	__unstableIsEmptyLine as isEmptyLine,
+	__unstableRemoveLineSeparator as removeLineSeparator,
 	isCollapsed,
 	remove,
 } from '@wordpress/rich-text';
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ export class RichText extends Component {
 		this.comesFromAztec = true;
 		this.firedAfterTextChanged = event.nativeEvent.firedAfterTextChanged;
 		const value = this.createRecord();
-		const { replacements, text, start, end } = value;
+		const { start, end } = value;
 		let newValue;
 
 		// Always handle full content deletion ourselves.
@@ -398,56 +398,7 @@ export class RichText extends Component {
 		}
 
 		if ( this.multilineTag ) {
-			if ( keyCode === BACKSPACE ) {
-				const index = start - 1;
-
-				if ( text[ index ] === LINE_SEPARATOR ) {
-					const collapsed = isCollapsed( value );
-
-					// If the line separator that is about te be removed
-					// contains wrappers, remove the wrappers first.
-					if ( collapsed && replacements[ index ] && replacements[ index ].length ) {
-						const newReplacements = replacements.slice();
-
-						newReplacements[ index ] = replacements[ index ].slice( 0, -1 );
-						newValue = {
-							...value,
-							replacements: newReplacements,
-						};
-					} else {
-						newValue = remove(
-							value,
-							// Only remove the line if the selection is
-							// collapsed, otherwise remove the selection.
-							collapsed ? start - 1 : start,
-							end
-						);
-					}
-				}
-			} else if ( text[ end ] === LINE_SEPARATOR ) {
-				const collapsed = isCollapsed( value );
-
-				// If the line separator that is about te be removed
-				// contains wrappers, remove the wrappers first.
-				if ( collapsed && replacements[ end ] && replacements[ end ].length ) {
-					const newReplacements = replacements.slice();
-
-					newReplacements[ end ] = replacements[ end ].slice( 0, -1 );
-					newValue = {
-						...value,
-						replacements: newReplacements,
-					};
-				} else {
-					newValue = remove(
-						value,
-						start,
-						// Only remove the line if the selection is
-						// collapsed, otherwise remove the selection.
-						collapsed ? end + 1 : end,
-					);
-				}
-			}
-
+			newValue = removeLineSeparator( value, keyCode === BACKSPACE );
 			if ( newValue ) {
 				this.onFormatChange( newValue );
 				return;
diff --git a/packages/rich-text/src/index.js b/packages/rich-text/src/index.js
index 6dbfe46b6d93b4..8f57a21e4ddf34 100644
--- a/packages/rich-text/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/rich-text/src/index.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export { remove } from './remove';
 export { replace } from './replace';
 export { insert } from './insert';
 export { insertLineSeparator as __unstableInsertLineSeparator } from './insert-line-separator';
+export { removeLineSeparator as __unstableRemoveLineSeparator } from './remove-line-separator';
 export { insertObject } from './insert-object';
 export { slice } from './slice';
 export { split } from './split';
diff --git a/packages/rich-text/src/remove-line-separator.js b/packages/rich-text/src/remove-line-separator.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..f9e6dfb157952e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/rich-text/src/remove-line-separator.js
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/**
+ * Internal dependencies
+ */
+
+import { LINE_SEPARATOR } from './special-characters';
+import { isCollapsed } from './is-collapsed';
+import { remove } from './remove';
+
+/**
+ * Removes a line separator character, if existing, from a Rich Text value at the current
+ * indices. If no line separator exists on the indices it will return undefined.
+ *
+ * @param {Object} value Value to modify.
+ * @param {boolean} backward indicates if are removing from the start index or the end index.
+ *
+ * @return {Object|undefined} A new value with the line separator removed. Or undefined if no line separator is found on the position.
+ */
+export function removeLineSeparator(
+	value,
+	backward = true,
+) {
+	const { replacements, text, start, end } = value;
+	const collapsed = isCollapsed( value );
+	let index = start - 1;
+	let removeStart = collapsed ? start - 1 : start;
+	let removeEnd = end;
+	if ( ! backward ) {
+		index = end;
+		removeStart = start;
+		removeEnd = collapsed ? end + 1 : end;
+	}
+
+	if ( text[ index ] !== LINE_SEPARATOR ) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	let newValue;
+	// If the line separator that is about te be removed
+	// contains wrappers, remove the wrappers first.
+	if ( collapsed && replacements[ index ] && replacements[ index ].length ) {
+		const newReplacements = replacements.slice();
+
+		newReplacements[ index ] = replacements[ index ].slice( 0, -1 );
+		newValue = {
+			...value,
+			replacements: newReplacements,
+		};
+	} else {
+		newValue = remove(
+			value,
+			removeStart,
+			removeEnd
+		);
+	}
+	return newValue;
+}