diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/RST.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/RST.hs
index f30eb6ef3..7aed42523 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/RST.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/RST.hs
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ block = choice [ codeBlock
                , list
                , lhsCodeBlock
                , para
-               , plain
                ] <?> "block"
 
 --