diff --git a/markup/highlight/config.go b/markup/highlight/config.go
index 46ef79071..1142c5e11 100644
--- a/markup/highlight/config.go
+++ b/markup/highlight/config.go
@@ -72,9 +72,6 @@ type Config struct {
 	// A space separated list of line numbers, e.g. “3-8 10-20”.
 	Hl_Lines string
 
-	// If set, the markup will not be wrapped in any container.
-	Hl_inline bool
-
 	// A parsed and ready to use list of line ranges.
 	HL_lines_parsed [][2]int `json:"-"`
 
diff --git a/markup/highlight/highlight.go b/markup/highlight/highlight.go
index 7d108ebe1..892cb72ee 100644
--- a/markup/highlight/highlight.go
+++ b/markup/highlight/highlight.go
@@ -75,24 +75,11 @@ func (h chromaHighlighter) Highlight(code, lang string, opts interface{}) (strin
 	}
 	var b strings.Builder
 
-	low, high, err := highlight(&b, code, lang, nil, cfg)
-
-	if err != nil {
+	if _, _, err := highlight(&b, code, lang, nil, cfg); err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
 
-	if !cfg.Hl_inline {
-		return b.String(), nil
-	}
-
-	hr := HightlightResult{
-		highlighted: template.HTML(b.String()),
-		innerLow:    low,
-		innerHigh:   high,
-	}
-
-	return string(hr.Inner()), nil
-
+	return b.String(), nil
 }
 
 func (h chromaHighlighter) HighlightCodeBlock(ctx hooks.CodeblockContext, opts interface{}) (HightlightResult, error) {
diff --git a/markup/highlight/integration_test.go b/markup/highlight/integration_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 93d9a1db0..000000000
--- a/markup/highlight/integration_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2022 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-package highlight_test
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/hugolib"
-)
-
-func TestHighlightInline(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	files := `
--- config.toml --
-[markup]
-[markup.highlight]
-codeFences = true
-noClasses = false
--- content/p1.md --
----
-title: "p1"
----
-
-Inline:{{< highlight emacs "hl_inline=true" >}}(message "this highlight shortcode"){{< /highlight >}}:End.
-
--- layouts/_default/single.html --
-{{ .Content }}
-`
-
-	b := hugolib.NewIntegrationTestBuilder(
-		hugolib.IntegrationTestConfig{
-			T:           t,
-			TxtarString: files,
-			NeedsOsFS:   false,
-		},
-	).Build()
-
-	b.AssertFileContent("public/p1/index.html", `
-	<p>Inline:<span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="p">(</span><span class="nf">message</span> <span class="s">&#34;this highlight shortcode&#34;</span><span class="p">)</span></span></span>:End.</p>
-	`)
-}
diff --git a/markup/internal/attributes/attributes.go b/markup/internal/attributes/attributes.go
index 0351bb54c..a20690c4c 100644
--- a/markup/internal/attributes/attributes.go
+++ b/markup/internal/attributes/attributes.go
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ var chromaHightlightProcessingAttributes = map[string]bool{
 	"nohl":               true,
 	"style":              true,
 	"tabWidth":           true,
-	"hl_inline":          true, // New in 0.94.0.
 }
 
 func init() {