diff --git a/lib/shared/markdown.js b/lib/shared/markdown.js
--- a/lib/shared/markdown.js
+++ b/lib/shared/markdown.js
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 export type State = {
   key?: string | number | void,
   inline?: ?boolean,
-  quotationsDepth?: number,
   [string]: any,
 };
 
@@ -88,7 +87,6 @@
 
 const blockQuoteRegex: RegExp = /^( *>[^\n]+(?:\n[^\n]+)*)(?:\n|$)/;
 const blockQuoteStripFollowingNewlineRegex: RegExp = /^( *>[^\n]+(?:\n[^\n]+)*)(?:\n|$){2}/;
-const maxNestedQuotations = 5;
 
 const urlRegex: RegExp = /^(https?:\/\/[^\s<]+[^<.,:;"')\]\s])/i;
 
@@ -233,7 +231,6 @@
   codeBlockStripTrailingNewlineRegex,
   fenceRegex,
   fenceStripTrailingNewlineRegex,
-  maxNestedQuotations,
   jsonMatch,
   jsonPrint,
   matchList,
diff --git a/native/markdown/rules.react.js b/native/markdown/rules.react.js
--- a/native/markdown/rules.react.js
+++ b/native/markdown/rules.react.js
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 import { relativeMemberInfoSelectorForMembersOfThread } from 'lib/selectors/user-selectors';
 import * as SharedMarkdown from 'lib/shared/markdown';
-import { maxNestedQuotations } from 'lib/shared/markdown';
 import type { RelativeMemberInfo } from 'lib/types/thread-types';
 
 import { useSelector } from '../redux/redux-utils';
@@ -216,27 +215,17 @@
     blockQuote: {
       ...SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules.blockQuote,
       // match end of blockQuote by either \n\n or end of string
-      match: (source: string, state: SharedMarkdown.State) => {
-        if (
-          state.quotationsDepth &&
-          state.quotationsDepth >= maxNestedQuotations
-        ) {
-          return null;
-        }
-        return SharedMarkdown.blockQuoteStripFollowingNewlineRegex.exec(source);
-      },
+      match: SimpleMarkdown.blockRegex(
+        SharedMarkdown.blockQuoteStripFollowingNewlineRegex,
+      ),
       parse(
         capture: SharedMarkdown.Capture,
         parse: SharedMarkdown.Parser,
         state: SharedMarkdown.State,
       ) {
         const content = capture[1].replace(/^ *> ?/gm, '');
-        const currentQuotationsDepth = state.quotationsDepth ?? 0;
         return {
-          content: parse(content, {
-            ...state,
-            quotationsDepth: currentQuotationsDepth + 1,
-          }),
+          content: parse(content, state),
         };
       },
       // eslint-disable-next-line react/display-name
diff --git a/web/markdown/rules.react.js b/web/markdown/rules.react.js
--- a/web/markdown/rules.react.js
+++ b/web/markdown/rules.react.js
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 import { relativeMemberInfoSelectorForMembersOfThread } from 'lib/selectors/user-selectors';
 import * as SharedMarkdown from 'lib/shared/markdown';
-import { maxNestedQuotations } from 'lib/shared/markdown';
 import type { RelativeMemberInfo } from 'lib/types/thread-types';
 
 import { useSelector } from '../redux/redux-utils';
@@ -79,27 +78,15 @@
     blockQuote: {
       ...SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules.blockQuote,
       // match end of blockQuote by either \n\n or end of string
-      match: (source: string, state: SharedMarkdown.State) => {
-        if (
-          state.quotationsDepth &&
-          state.quotationsDepth >= maxNestedQuotations
-        ) {
-          return null;
-        }
-        return SharedMarkdown.blockQuoteRegex.exec(source);
-      },
+      match: SimpleMarkdown.blockRegex(SharedMarkdown.blockQuoteRegex),
       parse(
         capture: SharedMarkdown.Capture,
         parse: SharedMarkdown.Parser,
         state: SharedMarkdown.State,
       ) {
         const content = capture[1].replace(/^ *> ?/gm, '');
-        const currentQuotationsDepth = state.quotationsDepth ?? 0;
         return {
-          content: parse(content, {
-            ...state,
-            quotationsDepth: currentQuotationsDepth + 1,
-          }),
+          content: parse(content, state),
         };
       },
     },