diff --git a/lib/liquid/block.rb b/lib/liquid/block.rb
index a5118f9..b75de2e 100644
--- a/lib/liquid/block.rb
+++ b/lib/liquid/block.rb
@@ -24,10 +24,7 @@ module Liquid
 
             # if we found the proper block delimiter just end parsing here and let the outer block
             # proceed
-            if block_delimiter == $1
-              end_tag
-              return
-            end
+            return if block_delimiter == $1
 
             # fetch the tag from registered blocks
             if tag = Template.tags[$1]
@@ -74,9 +71,6 @@ module Liquid
       all_warnings
     end
 
-    def end_tag
-    end
-
     def unknown_tag(tag, params, tokens)
       case tag
       when 'else'.freeze
diff --git a/lib/liquid/tags/raw.rb b/lib/liquid/tags/raw.rb
index 0980ee1..59e52c9 100644
--- a/lib/liquid/tags/raw.rb
+++ b/lib/liquid/tags/raw.rb
@@ -8,10 +8,7 @@ module Liquid
       while token = tokens.shift
         if token =~ FullTokenPossiblyInvalid
           @nodelist << $1 if $1 != "".freeze
-          if block_delimiter == $2
-            end_tag
-            return
-          end
+          return if block_delimiter == $2
         end
         @nodelist << token if not token.empty?
       end