diff --git a/src/HtmlAgilityPack.Shared/HtmlDocument.cs b/src/HtmlAgilityPack.Shared/HtmlDocument.cs
index 3958b7e5..2b0eb91e 100644
--- a/src/HtmlAgilityPack.Shared/HtmlDocument.cs
+++ b/src/HtmlAgilityPack.Shared/HtmlDocument.cs
@@ -1942,9 +1942,6 @@ private bool IsParentExplicitEnd()
                 case "p":
                     isExplicitEnd = nodeName == "div";
 					break;
-                case "span":
-                    isExplicitEnd = nodeName == "div";
-                    break;
                 case "table":
                     isExplicitEnd = nodeName == "table";
                     break;