diff --git a/Inline.php b/Inline.php
index 21a121a0..45978a12 100644
--- a/Inline.php
+++ b/Inline.php
@@ -237,11 +237,6 @@ public static function parseScalar($scalar, $delimiters = null, $stringDelimiter
      */
     private static function parseQuotedScalar($scalar, &$i)
     {
-        // Only check the current item we're dealing with (for sequences)
-        $subject = substr($scalar, $i);
-        $items = preg_split('/[\'"]\s*(?:[,:]|[}\]]\s*,)/', $subject);
-        $subject = substr($subject, 0, strlen($items[0]) + 1);
-
         if (!preg_match('/'.self::REGEX_QUOTED_STRING.'/Au', substr($scalar, $i), $match)) {
             throw new ParseException(sprintf('Malformed inline YAML string (%s).', substr($scalar, $i)));
         }