diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/lib/hashtag-autocomplete.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/lib/hashtag-autocomplete.js
index 786486b7708..5d11a50ccf4 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/lib/hashtag-autocomplete.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/lib/hashtag-autocomplete.js
@@ -50,11 +50,9 @@ export function setupHashtagAutocomplete(
 export function hashtagTriggerRule(textarea, opts) {
   const result = caretRowCol(textarea);
   const row = result.rowNum;
-  let col = result.colNum;
   let line = textarea.value.split("\n")[row - 1];
 
   if (opts && opts.backSpace) {
-    col = col - 1;
     line = line.slice(0, line.length - 1);
 
     // Don't trigger autocomplete when backspacing into a `#category |` => `#category|`
@@ -63,11 +61,6 @@ export function hashtagTriggerRule(textarea, opts) {
     }
   }
 
-  // Don't trigger autocomplete when ATX-style headers are used
-  if (col < 6 && line.slice(0, col) === "#".repeat(col)) {
-    return false;
-  }
-
   if (inCodeBlock(textarea.value, caretPosition(textarea))) {
     return false;
   }