diff --git a/grobid-core/src/main/java/org/grobid/core/document/TEIFormatter.java b/grobid-core/src/main/java/org/grobid/core/document/TEIFormatter.java
index 90a79f1f03..c493a1bd12 100755
--- a/grobid-core/src/main/java/org/grobid/core/document/TEIFormatter.java
+++ b/grobid-core/src/main/java/org/grobid/core/document/TEIFormatter.java
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@
 import org.grobid.core.lang.Language;
 import org.grobid.core.layout.*;
 import org.grobid.core.lexicon.Lexicon;
-import org.grobid.core.tokenization.LabeledTokensContainer;
 import org.grobid.core.tokenization.TaggingTokenCluster;
 import org.grobid.core.tokenization.TaggingTokenClusteror;
 import org.grobid.core.utilities.*;
@@ -1801,7 +1800,7 @@ public StringBuilder toTEITextPiece(
 
                 if (CollectionUtils.isEmpty(matchedLabelPositions)) {
                     String clusterContent = LayoutTokensUtil.normalizeDehyphenizeText(clusterTokens);
-                    if (isNewParagraph(lastClusterLabel, curParagraph, cluster)) {
+                    if (isNewParagraph(lastClusterLabel, curParagraph)) {
                         if (curParagraph != null && config.isWithSentenceSegmentation()) {
                             segmentIntoSentences(curParagraph, curParagraphTokens, config, doc.getLanguage());
                         }
@@ -1832,7 +1831,7 @@ public StringBuilder toTEITextPiece(
                     curParagraph.appendChild(clusterContent);
                     curParagraphTokens.addAll(clusterTokens);
                 } else {
-                    if (isNewParagraph(lastClusterLabel, curParagraph, cluster)) {
+                    if (isNewParagraph(lastClusterLabel, curParagraph)) {
                         if (curParagraph != null && config.isWithSentenceSegmentation()) {
                             segmentIntoSentences(
                                     curParagraph,
@@ -2154,32 +2153,9 @@ private static Element generateNoteRef(
         return ref;
     }
 
-    public static boolean isNewParagraph(
-            TaggingLabel lastClusterLabel,
-            Element curParagraph,
-            TaggingTokenCluster currentCluster) {
-        if (curParagraph == null) {
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        if (!MARKER_LABELS.contains(lastClusterLabel)
-                && lastClusterLabel != TaggingLabels.FIGURE
-                && lastClusterLabel != TaggingLabels.TABLE) {
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        if (MARKER_LABELS.contains(lastClusterLabel)
-                && currentCluster != null
-                && CollectionUtils.isNotEmpty(currentCluster.getLabeledTokensContainers())) {
-            LabeledTokensContainer firstContainer = currentCluster.getLabeledTokensContainers().get(0);
-            return firstContainer.isBeginning();
-        }
-
-        return false;
-    }
-
     public static boolean isNewParagraph(TaggingLabel lastClusterLabel, Element curParagraph) {
-        return isNewParagraph(lastClusterLabel, curParagraph, null);
+        return (!MARKER_LABELS.contains(lastClusterLabel) && lastClusterLabel != TaggingLabels.FIGURE
+                && lastClusterLabel != TaggingLabels.TABLE) || curParagraph == null;
     }
 
     public void segmentIntoSentences(
diff --git a/grobid-core/src/test/java/org/grobid/core/document/TEIFormatterTest.java b/grobid-core/src/test/java/org/grobid/core/document/TEIFormatterTest.java
index 153af4017c..c3b4ec4cc4 100644
--- a/grobid-core/src/test/java/org/grobid/core/document/TEIFormatterTest.java
+++ b/grobid-core/src/test/java/org/grobid/core/document/TEIFormatterTest.java
@@ -32,10 +32,7 @@
 import org.grobid.core.data.Figure;
 import org.grobid.core.data.Note;
 import org.grobid.core.data.Table;
-import org.grobid.core.engines.label.TaggingLabels;
 import org.grobid.core.layout.LayoutToken;
-import org.grobid.core.tokenization.LabeledTokensContainer;
-import org.grobid.core.tokenization.TaggingTokenCluster;
 import org.grobid.core.utilities.GrobidProperties;
 import org.grobid.core.utilities.LayoutTokensUtil;
 
@@ -426,28 +423,4 @@ public void testMarkReferencesTableTEI_truncatedRef2_referenceAtBeginning() thro
         assertThat(nodes.get(5).toXML(), is(" "));
     }
 
-    @Test
-    public void testIsNewParagraph_afterMarkerWithBeginningParagraphLabel() {
-        TaggingTokenCluster paragraphCluster = new TaggingTokenCluster(TaggingLabels.PARAGRAPH);
-        paragraphCluster.addLabeledTokensContainer(
-                new LabeledTokensContainer(List.of(), "Because", TaggingLabels.PARAGRAPH, true));
-
-        boolean isNewParagraph = TEIFormatter
-                .isNewParagraph(TaggingLabels.CITATION_MARKER, new Element("p"), paragraphCluster);
-
-        assertThat(isNewParagraph, is(true));
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testIsNewParagraph_afterMarkerWithoutBeginningParagraphLabel() {
-        TaggingTokenCluster paragraphCluster = new TaggingTokenCluster(TaggingLabels.PARAGRAPH);
-        paragraphCluster.addLabeledTokensContainer(
-                new LabeledTokensContainer(List.of(), "continuation", TaggingLabels.PARAGRAPH, false));
-
-        boolean isNewParagraph = TEIFormatter
-                .isNewParagraph(TaggingLabels.CITATION_MARKER, new Element("p"), paragraphCluster);
-
-        assertThat(isNewParagraph, is(false));
-    }
-
 }