diff --git a/lib/handle/code.js b/lib/handle/code.js
index 6807cb1bc34e742e993e3a27364408a7ca1ee5a5..43174757014dfe7ccd297bc8bf396edf59423ab6 100644
--- a/lib/handle/code.js
+++ b/lib/handle/code.js
@@ -46,15 +46,7 @@ export function code(node, _, state, info) {
 
   if (node.lang && node.meta) {
     const subexit = state.enter(`codeFencedMeta${suffix}`)
-    value += tracker.move(' ')
-    value += tracker.move(
-      state.safe(node.meta, {
-        before: value,
-        after: '\n',
-        encode: ['`'],
-        ...tracker.current()
-      })
-    )
+    value += tracker.move(node.meta)
     subexit()
   }