diff --git a/lib/common/utils.js b/lib/common/utils.js
index f516e85..34ac689 100644
--- a/lib/common/utils.js
+++ b/lib/common/utils.js
@@ -84,7 +84,9 @@ function replaceEntityPattern(match, name) {
 
   if (has(entities, name)) {
     return entities[name];
-  } else if (name.charCodeAt(0) === 0x23/* # */ && DIGITAL_ENTITY_TEST_RE.test(name)) {
+  }
+
+  if (name.charCodeAt(0) === 0x23/* # */ && DIGITAL_ENTITY_TEST_RE.test(name)) {
     code = name[1].toLowerCase() === 'x' ?
       parseInt(name.slice(2), 16)
     :
@@ -93,14 +95,15 @@ function replaceEntityPattern(match, name) {
       return fromCodePoint(code);
     }
   }
+
   return match;
 }
 
-function replaceEntities(str) {
+/*function replaceEntities(str) {
   if (str.indexOf('&') < 0) { return str; }
 
   return str.replace(ENTITY_RE, replaceEntityPattern);
-}
+}*/
 
 function unescapeMd(str) {
   if (str.indexOf('\\') < 0) { return str; }
@@ -252,7 +255,7 @@ exports.unescapeMd          = unescapeMd;
 exports.unescapeAll         = unescapeAll;
 exports.isValidEntityCode   = isValidEntityCode;
 exports.fromCodePoint       = fromCodePoint;
-exports.replaceEntities     = replaceEntities;
+// exports.replaceEntities     = replaceEntities;
 exports.escapeHtml          = escapeHtml;
 exports.arrayReplaceAt      = arrayReplaceAt;
 exports.isWhiteSpace        = isWhiteSpace;
diff --git a/test/fixtures/markdown-it/commonmark_extras.txt b/test/fixtures/markdown-it/commonmark_extras.txt
index def578e..0b49d8f 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/markdown-it/commonmark_extras.txt
+++ b/test/fixtures/markdown-it/commonmark_extras.txt
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ Escaping entities in links:
 
 Checking combination of replaceEntities and unescapeMd:
 .
-~~~ &amp;\&amp;\\&amp;
+~~~ &amp;&bad;\&amp;\\&amp;
 just a funny little fence
 ~~~
 .
-<pre><code class="&amp;&amp;amp;\&amp;">just a funny little fence
+<pre><code class="&amp;&amp;bad;&amp;amp;\&amp;">just a funny little fence
 </code></pre>
 .
 
diff --git a/test/utils.js b/test/utils.js
index 7da266c..0748008 100644
--- a/test/utils.js
+++ b/test/utils.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ describe('Utils', function () {
     assert.strictEqual(isValidEntityCode(0x7F), false);
   });
 
-  it('replaceEntities', function () {
+  /*it('replaceEntities', function () {
     var replaceEntities = require('../lib/common/utils').replaceEntities;
 
     assert.strictEqual(replaceEntities('&amp;'), '&');
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ describe('Utils', function () {
 
     assert.strictEqual(replaceEntities('&am;'), '&am;');
     assert.strictEqual(replaceEntities('&#00;'), '&#00;');
-  });
+  });*/
 
   it('assign', function () {
     var assign = require('../lib/common/utils').assign;