diff --git a/sphinx/writers/html.py b/sphinx/writers/html.py
index 572b2825e..6dd8bafe5 100644
--- a/sphinx/writers/html.py
+++ b/sphinx/writers/html.py
@@ -683,10 +683,6 @@ class HTMLTranslator(BaseTranslator):
         BaseTranslator.visit_option_group(self, node)
         self.context[-2] = self.context[-2].replace(' ', ' ')
 
-    def bulk_text_processor(self, text):
-        # type: (unicode) -> unicode
-        return text
-
     # overwritten
     def visit_Text(self, node):
         # type: (nodes.Node) -> None
@@ -708,8 +704,6 @@ class HTMLTranslator(BaseTranslator):
         else:
             if self.in_mailto and self.settings.cloak_email_addresses:
                 encoded = self.cloak_email(encoded)
-            else:
-                encoded = self.bulk_text_processor(encoded)
             self.body.append(encoded)
 
     def visit_note(self, node):
diff --git a/sphinx/writers/html5.py b/sphinx/writers/html5.py
index 8e3843c09..51c4e8ecb 100644
--- a/sphinx/writers/html5.py
+++ b/sphinx/writers/html5.py
@@ -626,10 +626,6 @@ class HTML5Translator(BaseTranslator):
         # type: (nodes.Node) -> None
         self.body.append('</td>')
 
-    def bulk_text_processor(self, text):
-        # type: (unicode) -> unicode
-        return text
-
     # overwritten
     def visit_Text(self, node):
         # type: (nodes.Node) -> None
@@ -651,8 +647,6 @@ class HTML5Translator(BaseTranslator):
         else:
             if self.in_mailto and self.settings.cloak_email_addresses:
                 encoded = self.cloak_email(encoded)
-            else:
-                encoded = self.bulk_text_processor(encoded)
             self.body.append(encoded)
 
     def visit_note(self, node):