diff --git a/editor/components/rich-text/index.js b/editor/components/rich-text/index.js
index 0d12d2dcd646b..50005fafdcd00 100644
--- a/editor/components/rich-text/index.js
+++ b/editor/components/rich-text/index.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
  */
 import classnames from 'classnames';
 import {
-	last,
 	isEqual,
 	forEach,
 	merge,
@@ -126,7 +125,6 @@ export class RichText extends Component {
 		this.onSetup = this.onSetup.bind( this );
 		this.onFocus = this.onFocus.bind( this );
 		this.onChange = this.onChange.bind( this );
-		this.onNewBlock = this.onNewBlock.bind( this );
 		this.onNodeChange = this.onNodeChange.bind( this );
 		this.onHorizontalNavigationKeyDown = this.onHorizontalNavigationKeyDown.bind( this );
 		this.onKeyDown = this.onKeyDown.bind( this );
@@ -176,7 +174,6 @@ export class RichText extends Component {
 		this.editor = editor;
 
 		editor.on( 'init', this.onInit );
-		editor.on( 'NewBlock', this.onNewBlock );
 		editor.on( 'nodechange', this.onNodeChange );
 		editor.on( 'keydown', this.onKeyDown );
 		editor.on( 'keyup', this.onKeyUp );
@@ -667,55 +664,6 @@ export class RichText extends Component {
 		this.restoreContentAndSplit( before, after, blocks );
 	}
 
-	onNewBlock() {
-		if ( this.props.multiline !== 'p' || ! this.props.onSplit ) {
-			return;
-		}
-
-		// Getting the content before and after the cursor
-		const childNodes = Array.from( this.editor.getBody().childNodes );
-		let selectedChild = this.editor.selection.getStart();
-		while ( childNodes.indexOf( selectedChild ) === -1 && selectedChild.parentNode ) {
-			selectedChild = selectedChild.parentNode;
-		}
-		const splitIndex = childNodes.indexOf( selectedChild );
-		if ( splitIndex === -1 ) {
-			return;
-		}
-		const beforeNodes = childNodes.slice( 0, splitIndex );
-		const lastNodeBeforeCursor = last( beforeNodes );
-		// Avoid splitting on single enter
-		if (
-			! lastNodeBeforeCursor ||
-			beforeNodes.length < 2 ||
-			!! lastNodeBeforeCursor.textContent
-		) {
-			return;
-		}
-
-		const before = beforeNodes.slice( 0, beforeNodes.length - 1 );
-
-		// Removing empty nodes from the beginning of the "after"
-		// avoids empty paragraphs at the beginning of newly created blocks.
-		const after = childNodes.slice( splitIndex ).reduce( ( memo, node ) => {
-			if ( ! memo.length && ! node.textContent ) {
-				return memo;
-			}
-
-			memo.push( node );
-			return memo;
-		}, [] );
-
-		// Splitting into two blocks
-		this.setContent( this.props.value );
-
-		const { format } = this.props;
-		this.restoreContentAndSplit(
-			domToFormat( before, format, this.editor ),
-			domToFormat( after, format, this.editor )
-		);
-	}
-
 	onNodeChange( { parents } ) {
 		if ( document.activeElement !== this.editor.getBody() ) {
 			return;