diff --git a/grammars/language-asciidoc.cson b/grammars/language-asciidoc.cson
index 45dfe04..f1a65ef 100644
--- a/grammars/language-asciidoc.cson
+++ b/grammars/language-asciidoc.cson
@@ -2679,33 +2679,6 @@ repository:
           }
         ]
       }
-      {
-        begin: "^\\[([^\\]]+)\\]$"
-        beginCaptures:
-          "0":
-            name: "support.asciidoc"
-          "1":
-            name: "markup.meta.attribute-list.asciidocc"
-        end: "(?<=----)[\\r\\n]+$"
-        patterns: [
-          {
-            name: "markup.raw.asciidoc"
-            begin: "^(-{4,})\\s*$"
-            beginCaptures:
-              "0":
-                name: "support.asciidoc"
-            patterns: [
-              {
-                include: "#block-callout"
-              }
-            ]
-            end: "^\\1*$"
-            endCaptures:
-              "0":
-                name: "support.asciidoc"
-          }
-        ]
-      }
       {
         name: "markup.raw.asciidoc"
         begin: "^(-{4,})\\s*$"
diff --git a/lib/code-block-generator.coffee b/lib/code-block-generator.coffee
index 1b913bd..f0cedcc 100644
--- a/lib/code-block-generator.coffee
+++ b/lib/code-block-generator.coffee
@@ -52,26 +52,6 @@ module.exports =
           0: name: 'support.asciidoc'
       ]
 
-    # add generic block with attributes only
-    codeBlocks.push
-      begin: '^\\[([^\\]]+)\\]$'
-      beginCaptures:
-        0: name: 'support.asciidoc'
-        1: name: 'markup.meta.attribute-list.asciidocc'
-      end: '(?<=----)[\\r\\n]+$'
-      patterns: [
-        name: 'markup.raw.asciidoc'
-        begin: '^(-{4,})\\s*$'
-        beginCaptures:
-          0: name: 'support.asciidoc'
-        patterns: [
-          include: '#block-callout'
-        ]
-        end: '^\\1*$'
-        endCaptures:
-          0: name: 'support.asciidoc'
-      ]
-
     # add listing block
     codeBlocks.push
       name: 'markup.raw.asciidoc'
diff --git a/spec/code-block-generator-spec.coffee b/spec/code-block-generator-spec.coffee
index 40ab5c6..9529ac6 100644
--- a/spec/code-block-generator-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/code-block-generator-spec.coffee
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ describe 'Code block generator', ->
     it 'should generate default code block', ->
       languages = []
       codeBlocks = generator.makeAsciidocBlocks(languages)
-      expect(codeBlocks).toHaveLength 3 # Number of blocks
+      expect(codeBlocks).toHaveLength 2 # Number of blocks
       expect(codeBlocks[0]).toEqualJson
         begin: '^\\[(source)(,([^\\]]*))?\\]$'
         beginCaptures:
@@ -28,34 +28,11 @@ describe 'Code block generator', ->
             0: name: 'support.asciidoc'
         ]
 
-    it 'should generate default code block with attributes only', ->
-      languages = []
-      codeBlocks = generator.makeAsciidocBlocks(languages)
-      expect(codeBlocks).toHaveLength 3 # Number of blocks
-      expect(codeBlocks[1]).toEqualJson
-        begin: '^\\[([^\\]]+)\\]$'
-        beginCaptures:
-          0: name: 'support.asciidoc'
-          1: name: 'markup.meta.attribute-list.asciidocc'
-        end: '(?<=----)[\\r\\n]+$'
-        patterns: [
-          name: 'markup.raw.asciidoc'
-          begin: '^(-{4,})\\s*$'
-          beginCaptures:
-            0: name: 'support.asciidoc'
-          patterns: [
-            include: '#block-callout'
-          ]
-          end: '^\\1*$'
-          endCaptures:
-            0: name: 'support.asciidoc'
-        ]
-
     it 'should generate listing block', ->
       languages = []
       codeBlocks = generator.makeAsciidocBlocks(languages)
-      expect(codeBlocks).toHaveLength 3 # Number of blocks
-      expect(codeBlocks[2]).toEqualJson
+      expect(codeBlocks).toHaveLength 2 # Number of blocks
+      expect(codeBlocks[1]).toEqualJson
         name: 'markup.raw.asciidoc'
         begin: '^(-{4,})\\s*$'
         beginCaptures:
@@ -72,7 +49,7 @@ describe 'Code block generator', ->
         pattern: 'javascript|js', type: 'source', code: 'js'
       ]
       codeBlocks = generator.makeAsciidocBlocks(languages)
-      expect(codeBlocks).toHaveLength 4 # Number of blocks
+      expect(codeBlocks).toHaveLength 3 # Number of blocks
       expect(codeBlocks[0]).toEqualJson
         begin: '^\\[(source),\\p{Blank}*(?i:(javascript|js))(?:,([^\]]*))?\\]$'
         beginCaptures:
@@ -106,7 +83,7 @@ describe 'Code block generator', ->
         pattern: 'c(pp|\\+\\+)', type: 'source', code: 'cpp'
       ]
       codeBlocks = generator.makeAsciidocBlocks(languages)
-      expect(codeBlocks).toHaveLength 4 # Number of blocks
+      expect(codeBlocks).toHaveLength 3 # Number of blocks
       expect(codeBlocks[0]).toEqualJson
         begin: '^\\[(source),\\p{Blank}*(?i:(c(pp|\\+\\+)))(?:,([^\]]*))?\\]$'
         beginCaptures: