diff --git a/packages/fleather/lib/src/widgets/autoformats.dart b/packages/fleather/lib/src/widgets/autoformats.dart
index 5c06ac50..f4ced9c6 100644
--- a/packages/fleather/lib/src/widgets/autoformats.dart
+++ b/packages/fleather/lib/src/widgets/autoformats.dart
@@ -13,14 +13,6 @@ import 'package:quill_delta/quill_delta.dart';
 abstract class AutoFormat {
   const AutoFormat();
 
-  /// Indicates whether the character triggering the auto format is kept in
-  /// document
-  ///
-  /// E.g: for link detections, [space] is kept whereas for Markdown block
-  /// shortcuts, the [space] is not added to document, it only serves to
-  /// trigger the block formatting
-  bool get keepTriggerCharacter;
-
   /// Upon insertion of a trigger character, run format detection and apply
   /// formatting to document
   ///
@@ -53,11 +45,6 @@ class AutoFormats {
   /// The position at which the active suggestion can be deactivated
   int get undoPosition => _activeSuggestion!.undoPositionCandidate;
 
-  /// `true` if the active suggestion [AutoFormat] keeps trigger character in
-  /// document; `false` otherwise
-  bool get activeSuggestionKeepTriggerCharacter =>
-      _activeSuggestion!.keepTriggerCharacter;
-
   /// `true` if there is an active suggestion; `false` otherwise
   bool get hasActiveSuggestion => _activeSuggestion != null;
 
@@ -104,7 +91,6 @@ class AutoFormatResult {
     this.undoSelection,
     required this.undo,
     required this.undoPositionCandidate,
-    required this.keepTriggerCharacter,
   });
 
   /// *Optional* [TextSelection] after applying the auto format.
@@ -125,9 +111,6 @@ class AutoFormatResult {
 
   /// The position at which an auto format can be canceled
   final int undoPositionCandidate;
-
-  /// Whether the trigger character will be removed from the document after undoing the auto format
-  final bool keepTriggerCharacter;
 }
 
 class _AutoFormatLinks extends AutoFormat {
@@ -136,9 +119,6 @@ class _AutoFormatLinks extends AutoFormat {
 
   const _AutoFormatLinks();
 
-  @override
-  final bool keepTriggerCharacter = false;
-
   @override
   AutoFormatResult? apply(
       ParchmentDocument document, int position, String data) {
@@ -175,10 +155,7 @@ class _AutoFormatLinks extends AutoFormat {
     final undo = change.invert(documentDelta);
     document.compose(change, ChangeSource.local);
     return AutoFormatResult(
-        change: change,
-        undo: undo,
-        keepTriggerCharacter: keepTriggerCharacter,
-        undoPositionCandidate: position);
+        change: change, undo: undo, undoPositionCandidate: position);
   }
 }
 
@@ -199,9 +176,6 @@ class _MarkdownShortCuts extends AutoFormat {
 
   const _MarkdownShortCuts();
 
-  @override
-  final bool keepTriggerCharacter = false;
-
   String? _getLinePrefix(DeltaIterator iter, int index) {
     final prefixOps = skipToLineAt(iter, index);
     if (prefixOps.any((element) => element.data is! String)) return null;
@@ -314,7 +288,6 @@ class _MarkdownShortCuts extends AutoFormat {
             undoSelection:
                 TextSelection.collapsed(offset: position + data.length),
             undo: undo,
-            keepTriggerCharacter: keepTriggerCharacter,
             undoPositionCandidate: position - prefix.length - 1);
       }
     }
@@ -342,7 +315,6 @@ class _MarkdownShortCuts extends AutoFormat {
         // current position is after prefix, so need to add 1 for space
         undoSelection: TextSelection.collapsed(offset: position + 1),
         undo: undo,
-        keepTriggerCharacter: keepTriggerCharacter,
         undoPositionCandidate: position - prefix.length - 1);
   }
 }
@@ -354,9 +326,6 @@ class _AutoTextDirection extends AutoFormat {
 
   final _isRTL = intl.Bidi.startsWithRtl;
 
-  @override
-  final bool keepTriggerCharacter = true;
-
   bool _isAfterEmptyLine(Operation? previous) {
     final data = previous?.data;
     return data == null || (data is String ? data.endsWith('\n') : false);
@@ -400,9 +369,6 @@ class _AutoTextDirection extends AutoFormat {
     final undo = change.invert(documentDelta);
     document.compose(change, ChangeSource.local);
     return AutoFormatResult(
-        change: change,
-        undo: undo,
-        keepTriggerCharacter: keepTriggerCharacter,
-        undoPositionCandidate: position);
+        change: change, undo: undo, undoPositionCandidate: position);
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/fleather/lib/src/widgets/controller.dart b/packages/fleather/lib/src/widgets/controller.dart
index 7b2a2770..d3f998d0 100644
--- a/packages/fleather/lib/src/widgets/controller.dart
+++ b/packages/fleather/lib/src/widgets/controller.dart
@@ -173,8 +173,6 @@ class FleatherController extends ChangeNotifier {
       ParchmentDocument document, int position, int length, Object data) {
     if (!_autoFormats.hasActiveSuggestion) return true;
 
-    final keepTriggerCharacter =
-        _autoFormats.activeSuggestionKeepTriggerCharacter;
     final isDeletionOfOneChar = data is String && data.isEmpty && length == 1;
     if (isDeletionOfOneChar) {
       // Undo if deleting 1 character after retain of auto-format
@@ -183,7 +181,7 @@ class FleatherController extends ChangeNotifier {
         if (undoSelection != null) {
           _updateSelectionSilent(undoSelection, source: ChangeSource.local);
         }
-        return keepTriggerCharacter;
+        return false;
       }
     }
     // Cancel active nevertheless