diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/LaTeX.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/LaTeX.hs
index d291e5529..96ee51293 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/LaTeX.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/LaTeX.hs
@@ -1877,7 +1877,6 @@ rawVerbEnv name = do
 
 verbEnv :: PandocMonad m => Text -> LP m String
 verbEnv name = withVerbatimMode $ do
-  skipopts
   optional blankline
   res <- manyTill anyTok (end_ name)
   return $ T.unpack