diff --git a/lib/erb/formatter.rb b/lib/erb/formatter.rb
index 2f57a87..b4d49c4 100644
--- a/lib/erb/formatter.rb
+++ b/lib/erb/formatter.rb
@@ -146,45 +146,6 @@ def format_attributes(tag_name, attrs, tag_closing)
     attr_html
   end
 
-  def format_erb_attributes(string)
-    erb_scanner = StringScanner.new(string.to_s)
-    erb_pre_pos = 0
-    until erb_scanner.eos?
-      if erb_scanner.scan_until(erb_tags_regexp)
-        erb_pre_match = erb_scanner.pre_match
-        erb_pre_match = erb_pre_match[erb_pre_pos..]
-        erb_pre_pos = erb_scanner.pos
-
-        erb_code = erb_tags[erb_scanner.captures.first]
-
-        format_attributes(erb_pre_match)
-
-        erb_open, ruby_code, erb_close = ERB_TAG.match(erb_code).captures
-        full_erb_tag = "#{erb_open} #{ruby_code} #{erb_close}"
-
-        case ruby_code
-        when /\Aend\z/
-          tag_stack_pop('%erb%', ruby_code)
-          html << (erb_pre_match.match?(/\s+\z/) ? indented(full_erb_tag) : full_erb_tag)
-        when /\A(else|elsif\b(.*))\z/
-          tag_stack_pop('%erb%', ruby_code)
-          html << (erb_pre_match.match?(/\s+\z/) ? indented(full_erb_tag) : full_erb_tag)
-          tag_stack_push('%erb%', ruby_code)
-        when RUBY_OPEN_BLOCK
-          html << (erb_pre_match.match?(/\s+\z/) ? indented(full_erb_tag) : full_erb_tag)
-          tag_stack_push('%erb%', ruby_code)
-        else
-          ruby_code = format_ruby(ruby_code, autoclose: false)
-          html << (erb_pre_match.match?(/\s+\z/) ? indented(full_erb_tag) : full_erb_tag)
-        end
-      else
-        rest = erb_scanner.rest.to_s
-        format_erb_attributes(rest)
-        erb_scanner.terminate
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
   def tag_stack_push(tag_name, code)
     tag_stack << [tag_name, code]
     p PUSH: tag_stack if @debug