diff --git a/src/Runic.jl b/src/Runic.jl
index d6bcb3c..d3fe2a5 100644
--- a/src/Runic.jl
+++ b/src/Runic.jl
@@ -305,7 +305,6 @@ function format_node!(ctx::Context, node::Node)::Union{Node, Nothing, NullNode}
     @return_something insert_delete_mark_newlines(ctx, node)
     @return_something trim_trailing_whitespace(ctx, node)
     @return_something format_hex_literals(ctx, node)
-    @return_something format_oct_literals(ctx, node)
     @return_something format_float_literals(ctx, node)
     @return_something spaces_around_operators(ctx, node)
     @return_something spaces_around_assignments(ctx, node)
diff --git a/src/runestone.jl b/src/runestone.jl
index aaeae49..3350199 100644
--- a/src/runestone.jl
+++ b/src/runestone.jl
@@ -67,44 +67,6 @@ function format_hex_literals(ctx::Context, node::Node)
     return node′
 end
 
-function format_oct_literals(ctx::Context, node::Node)
-    kind(node) === K"OctInt" || return nothing
-    @assert flags(node) == 0
-    @assert is_leaf(node)
-    spn = span(node)
-    @assert spn > 2 # 0o prefix + something more
-    # Padding depends on the value of the literal...
-    str = String(read_bytes(ctx, node))
-    n = tryparse(UInt128, str)
-    if n === nothing || spn > 45
-        # Do nothing: BigInt oct literal
-        return nothing
-    end
-    # Compute the target span
-    target_span_from_value =
-        n <= typemax(UInt8) ? 5 : n <= typemax(UInt16) ? 8 :
-        n <= typemax(UInt32) ? 13 : n <= typemax(UInt64) ? 24 :
-        n <= typemax(UInt128) ? 45 : error("unreachable")
-    target_spans = (5, 8, 13, 24, 45)
-    i = findfirst(x -> x >= spn, target_spans)::Int
-    target_span_from_source = target_spans[i]
-    target_span = max(target_span_from_value, target_span_from_source)
-    if spn == target_span
-        # Do nothing: correctly formatted oct literal
-        return nothing
-    end
-    # Insert leading zeros
-    bytes = read_bytes(ctx, node)
-    while length(bytes) < target_span
-        insert!(bytes, 3, '0')
-    end
-    nb = replace_bytes!(ctx, bytes, spn)
-    @assert nb == length(bytes) == target_span
-    # Create new node and return it
-    node′ = Node(head(node), nb)
-    return node′
-end
-
 function format_float_literals(ctx::Context, node::Node)
     kind(node) in KSet"Float Float32" || return nothing
     @assert flags(node) == 0
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index c990082..9209deb 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -78,28 +78,6 @@ end
         ("0x" * z(n) * "1" => "0x" * z(31) * "1" for n in 16:31)...,
         # Hex BigInt
         ("0x" * z(n) * "1" => "0x" * z(n) * "1" for n in 32:35)...,
-        # Octal UInt8
-        ("0o" * z(n) * "1" => "0o001" for n in 0:2)...,
-        "0o377" => "0o377", # typemax(UInt8)
-        # Octal UInt16
-        "0o400" => "0o000400", # typemax(UInt8) + 1
-        ("0o" * z(n) * "1" => "0o000001" for n in 3:5)...,
-        "0o177777" => "0o177777", # typemax(UInt16)
-        # Octal UInt32
-        "0o200000" => "0o00000200000", # typemax(UInt16) + 1
-        ("0o" * z(n) * "1" => "0o00000000001" for n in 6:10)...,
-        "0o37777777777" => "0o37777777777", # typemax(UInt32)
-        # Octal UInt64
-        "0o40000000000" => "0o0000000000040000000000", # typemax(UInt32) + 1
-        ("0o" * z(n) * "1" => "0o" * z(21) * "1" for n in 11:21)...,
-        "0o1777777777777777777777" => "0o1777777777777777777777", # typemax(UInt64)
-        # Octal UInt128
-        "0o2" * z(21) => "0o" * z(21) * "2" * z(21), # typemax(UInt64) + 1
-        ("0o" * z(n) * "1" => "0o" * z(42) * "1" for n in 22:42)...,
-        "0o3" * "7"^42 => "0o3" * "7"^42, # typemax(UInt128)
-        # Octal BigInt
-        "0o4" * z(42) => "0o4" * z(42), # typemax(UInt128) + 1
-        "0o7" * z(42) => "0o7" * z(42),
     ]
     mod = Module()
     for (a, b) in test_cases