diff --git a/src/parser/plain_list.rs b/src/parser/plain_list.rs
index bf1adf6..ea6c20d 100644
--- a/src/parser/plain_list.rs
+++ b/src/parser/plain_list.rs
@@ -147,19 +147,11 @@ where
         }
     }
 
-    let (final_child_start, _final_item_first_parse) = match children.pop() {
-        Some(final_child) => final_child,
-        None => {
-            return Err(nom::Err::Error(CustomError::Static(
-                "Plain lists require at least one element.",
-            )));
-        }
-    };
-    let final_item_context = ContextElement::ConsumeTrailingWhitespace(false);
-    let final_item_context = parser_context.with_additional_node(&final_item_context);
-    let (remaining, (_, reparsed_final_item)) =
-        plain_list_item(&final_item_context, final_child_start)?;
-    children.push((final_child_start, reparsed_final_item));
+    if children.is_empty() {
+        return Err(nom::Err::Error(CustomError::Static(
+            "Plain lists require at least one element.",
+        )));
+    }
 
     let (remaining, _trailing_ws) =
         maybe_consume_trailing_whitespace_if_not_exiting(context, remaining)?;
@@ -256,23 +248,11 @@ fn plain_list_item<'b, 'g, 'r, 's>(
         .filter(|b| *b == b'\n')
         .count();
 
-    let (mut remaining, (mut children, _exit_contents)) = many_till(
+    let (remaining, (children, _exit_contents)) = many_till(
         include_input(bind_context!(element(true), &parser_context)),
         bind_context!(exit_matcher_parser, &parser_context),
     )(remaining)?;
 
-    if !children.is_empty() && !context.should_consume_trailing_whitespace() {
-        let final_item_context = ContextElement::ConsumeTrailingWhitespace(false);
-        let final_item_context = parser_context.with_additional_node(&final_item_context);
-        let (final_child_start, _original_final_child) = children
-            .pop()
-            .expect("if-statement already checked that children was non-empty.");
-        let (remain, reparsed_final_element) =
-            include_input(bind_context!(element(true), &final_item_context))(final_child_start)?;
-        remaining = remain;
-        children.push(reparsed_final_element);
-    }
-
     let (remaining, _trailing_ws) =
         maybe_consume_trailing_whitespace_if_not_exiting(context, remaining)?;