diff --git a/external-crates/move/crates/move-analyzer/prettier-move/src/cst/function/ControlFlow.ts b/external-crates/move/crates/move-analyzer/prettier-move/src/cst/function/ControlFlow.ts
index 37a35d177e42e..395c8616a982c 100644
--- a/external-crates/move/crates/move-analyzer/prettier-move/src/cst/function/ControlFlow.ts
+++ b/external-crates/move/crates/move-analyzer/prettier-move/src/cst/function/ControlFlow.ts
@@ -167,24 +167,6 @@ function printAbortExpression(path: AstPath<Node>, options: ParserOptions, print
 	const expression = path.node.nonFormattingChildren[0];
 	const printed = path.call(print, 'nonFormattingChildren', 0);
 
-	// Special case in `abort`. Historically, people have been using `abort` with
-	// parentheses, which are not required. We can format against it. Note, that
-	// we only do this for `abort` and should never do for other cases where
-	// `expression_list` is used, because it affects the semantics.
-	if (expression?.type === 'expression_list') {
-		return group([
-			'abort',
-			indent(line),
-			indent(
-				path.call(
-					(path) => path.call(print, 'nonFormattingChildren', 0),
-					'nonFormattingChildren',
-					0,
-				),
-			),
-		]);
-	}
-
 	return group([
 		'abort',
 		expression?.isList || expression?.isControlFlow
diff --git a/external-crates/move/crates/move-analyzer/prettier-move/tests/control-flow/abort_expression.exp.move b/external-crates/move/crates/move-analyzer/prettier-move/tests/control-flow/abort_expression.exp.move
index a662af8eb0ebe..925d0aab0c294 100644
--- a/external-crates/move/crates/move-analyzer/prettier-move/tests/control-flow/abort_expression.exp.move
+++ b/external-crates/move/crates/move-analyzer/prettier-move/tests/control-flow/abort_expression.exp.move
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 module prettier::abort_expression {
     fun abort_expression() {
         abort 0;
-        abort 0;
-        abort 10;
+        abort (0);
+        abort (10);
         abort {
             10
         };
diff --git a/external-crates/move/crates/move-analyzer/prettier-move/tests/sui-framework/test_utils.exp.move b/external-crates/move/crates/move-analyzer/prettier-move/tests/sui-framework/test_utils.exp.move
index 76a5c944e8d64..5a3a84cb63775 100644
--- a/external-crates/move/crates/move-analyzer/prettier-move/tests/sui-framework/test_utils.exp.move
+++ b/external-crates/move/crates/move-analyzer/prettier-move/tests/sui-framework/test_utils.exp.move
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ module sui::test_utils {
             std::debug::print(t1);
             print(b"!=");
             std::debug::print(t2);
-            abort 0
+            abort (0)
         }
     }