diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/lib/utils/text_markdown.js b/app/assets/javascripts/lib/utils/text_markdown.js
index 05e2b6dca7e330bf6fb9fe4dd05fda0202b7065e..4d25ee9e4bd0f7bc20ceabe89c2b0accb59a001e 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/lib/utils/text_markdown.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/lib/utils/text_markdown.js
@@ -303,40 +303,7 @@ function updateText({ textArea, tag, cursorOffset, blockTag, wrap, select, tagCo
   });
 }
 
-/* eslint-disable @gitlab/require-i18n-strings */
-export function keypressNoteText(e) {
-  if (this.selectionStart === this.selectionEnd) {
-    return;
-  }
-  const keys = {
-    '*': '**{text}**', // wraps with bold character
-    _: '_{text}_', // wraps with italic character
-    '`': '`{text}`', // wraps with inline character
-    "'": "'{text}'", // single quotes
-    '"': '"{text}"', // double quotes
-    '[': '[{text}]', // brackets
-    '{': '{{text}}', // braces
-    '(': '({text})', // parentheses
-    '<': '<{text}>', // angle brackets
-  };
-  const tag = keys[e.key];
-
-  if (tag) {
-    updateText({
-      tag,
-      textArea: this,
-      blockTag: '',
-      wrap: true,
-      select: '',
-      tagContent: '',
-    });
-    e.preventDefault();
-  }
-}
-/* eslint-enable @gitlab/require-i18n-strings */
-
 export function addMarkdownListeners(form) {
-  $('.markdown-area').on('keydown', keypressNoteText);
   return $('.js-md', form)
     .off('click')
     .on('click', function() {
@@ -373,6 +340,5 @@ export function addEditorMarkdownListeners(editor) {
 }
 
 export function removeMarkdownListeners(form) {
-  $('.markdown-area').off('keydown');
   return $('.js-md', form).off('click');
 }
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/bw-surround-text-wth-char.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/bw-surround-text-wth-char.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7395bb9c26b9777cb9efbfde2f5a6ba9e04f3d42..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelogs/unreleased/bw-surround-text-wth-char.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
----
-title: Surround selected text in markdown fields on certain key presses
-merge_request: 25748
-author:
-type: added
diff --git a/spec/frontend/lib/utils/text_markdown_spec.js b/spec/frontend/lib/utils/text_markdown_spec.js
index 1aaae80dcdf3b479150546d93939e565a6a28cf4..2e52958a8289f700ee3f9bc9bdc39dc877a1bdc9 100644
--- a/spec/frontend/lib/utils/text_markdown_spec.js
+++ b/spec/frontend/lib/utils/text_markdown_spec.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { insertMarkdownText, keypressNoteText } from '~/lib/utils/text_markdown';
+import { insertMarkdownText } from '~/lib/utils/text_markdown';
 
 describe('init markdown', () => {
   let textArea;
@@ -115,15 +115,14 @@ describe('init markdown', () => {
     describe('with selection', () => {
       const text = 'initial selected value';
       const selected = 'selected';
-      let selectedIndex;
-
       beforeEach(() => {
         textArea.value = text;
-        selectedIndex = text.indexOf(selected);
+        const selectedIndex = text.indexOf(selected);
         textArea.setSelectionRange(selectedIndex, selectedIndex + selected.length);
       });
 
       it('applies the tag to the selected value', () => {
+        const selectedIndex = text.indexOf(selected);
         const tag = '*';
 
         insertMarkdownText({
@@ -154,29 +153,6 @@ describe('init markdown', () => {
         expect(textArea.value).toEqual(text.replace(selected, `[${selected}](url)`));
       });
 
-      it.each`
-        key    | expected
-        ${'['} | ${`[${selected}]`}
-        ${'*'} | ${`**${selected}**`}
-        ${"'"} | ${`'${selected}'`}
-        ${'_'} | ${`_${selected}_`}
-        ${'`'} | ${`\`${selected}\``}
-        ${'"'} | ${`"${selected}"`}
-        ${'{'} | ${`{${selected}}`}
-        ${'('} | ${`(${selected})`}
-        ${'<'} | ${`<${selected}>`}
-      `('generates $expected when $key is pressed', ({ key, expected }) => {
-        const event = new KeyboardEvent('keydown', { key });
-
-        textArea.addEventListener('keydown', keypressNoteText);
-        textArea.dispatchEvent(event);
-
-        expect(textArea.value).toEqual(text.replace(selected, expected));
-
-        // cursor placement should be after selection + 2 tag lengths
-        expect(textArea.selectionStart).toBe(selectedIndex + expected.length);
-      });
-
       describe('and text to be selected', () => {
         const tag = '[{text}](url)';
         const select = 'url';
@@ -202,7 +178,7 @@ describe('init markdown', () => {
         it('selects the right text when multiple tags are present', () => {
           const initialValue = `${tag} ${tag} ${selected}`;
           textArea.value = initialValue;
-          selectedIndex = initialValue.indexOf(selected);
+          const selectedIndex = initialValue.indexOf(selected);
           textArea.setSelectionRange(selectedIndex, selectedIndex + selected.length);
           insertMarkdownText({
             textArea,
@@ -228,7 +204,7 @@ describe('init markdown', () => {
           const initialValue = `text ${expectedUrl} text`;
 
           textArea.value = initialValue;
-          selectedIndex = initialValue.indexOf(expectedUrl);
+          const selectedIndex = initialValue.indexOf(expectedUrl);
           textArea.setSelectionRange(selectedIndex, selectedIndex + expectedUrl.length);
 
           insertMarkdownText({