diff --git a/lib/utils/indent-common.js b/lib/utils/indent-common.js
index ab4981edb..c8c867250 100644
--- a/lib/utils/indent-common.js
+++ b/lib/utils/indent-common.js
@@ -258,7 +258,6 @@ module.exports.defineVisitor = function create (context, tokenStore, defaultOpti
   const options = parseOptions(context.options[0], context.options[1] || {}, defaultOptions)
   const sourceCode = context.getSourceCode()
   const offsets = new Map()
-  const preformattedTokens = new Set()
 
   /**
    * Set offset to the given tokens.
@@ -302,29 +301,6 @@ module.exports.defineVisitor = function create (context, tokenStore, defaultOpti
     }
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Sets preformatted tokens to the given element node.
-   * @param {Node} node The node to set.
-   * @returns {void}
-   */
-  function setPreformattedTokens (node) {
-    const endToken = node.endTag && tokenStore.getFirstToken(node.endTag) || tokenStore.getTokenAfter(node)
-
-    const option = {
-      includeComments: true,
-      filter: token => token != null && (
-        token.type === 'HTMLText' ||
-        token.type === 'HTMLTagOpen' ||
-        token.type === 'HTMLEndTagOpen' ||
-        token.type === 'HTMLComment'
-      )
-    }
-    for (const token of tokenStore.getTokensBetween(node.startTag, endToken, option)) {
-      preformattedTokens.add(token)
-    }
-    preformattedTokens.add(endToken)
-  }
-
   /**
    * Get the first and last tokens of the given node.
    * If the node is parenthesized, this gets the outermost parentheses.
@@ -806,11 +782,6 @@ module.exports.defineVisitor = function create (context, tokenStore, defaultOpti
       }
     }
 
-    // It does not validate preformatted tokens.
-    if (preformattedTokens.has(firstToken)) {
-      return
-    }
-
     // Calculate the expected indents for comments.
     // It allows the same indent level with the previous line.
     const lastOffsetInfo = offsets.get(lastToken)
@@ -850,8 +821,6 @@ module.exports.defineVisitor = function create (context, tokenStore, defaultOpti
       if (node.name !== 'pre') {
         const childTokens = node.children.map(n => tokenStore.getFirstToken(n))
         setOffset(childTokens, 1, startTagToken)
-      } else {
-        setPreformattedTokens(node)
       }
       setOffset(endTagToken, 0, startTagToken)
     },
diff --git a/tests/lib/rules/html-indent.js b/tests/lib/rules/html-indent.js
index e5e47e2c9..a0613009a 100644
--- a/tests/lib/rules/html-indent.js
+++ b/tests/lib/rules/html-indent.js
@@ -281,72 +281,6 @@ tester.run('html-indent', rule, loadPatterns(
           </pre>
         </template>
       `
-    },
-    {
-      filename: 'test.vue',
-      code: unIndent`
-        <template>
-          <pre>
-        <span>aaa</span>
-          <span>bbb</span>
-            <span>ccc</span>
-          </pre>
-        </template>
-      `
-    },
-    {
-      filename: 'test.vue',
-      code: unIndent`
-        <template>
-          <pre>aaa
-        bbb ccc
-        ddd
-        fff</pre>
-        </template>
-      `
-    },
-    {
-      filename: 'test.vue',
-      code: unIndent`
-        <template>
-          <pre><span>aaa</span>
-        <span>bbb</span> <span>ccc</span>
-        <span>ddd</span>
-        <span>fff</span></pre>
-        </template>
-      `
-    },
-    {
-      filename: 'test.vue',
-      code: unIndent`
-        <template>
-          <pre>
-        <!-- comment -->
-        <!-- comment --> <!-- comment -->
-        <!-- comment --></pre>
-        </template>
-      `
-    },
-    {
-      filename: 'test.vue',
-      code: unIndent`
-        <template>
-          <pre>
-        <!-- comment --> text <span />
-        <span /> <!-- comment --> text
-        text <span /> <!-- comment -->
-        </pre>
-          <div>
-            <input>
-          </div>
-          <pre>
-        <!-- comment --> text <span /></pre>
-          <pre>
-        <span /> <!-- comment --> text</pre>
-          <pre>
-        text <span /> <!-- comment --></pre>
-        </template>
-      `
     }
   ],
 
@@ -630,78 +564,13 @@ tester.run('html-indent', rule, loadPatterns(
         aaa
           bbb
             ccc
-        </pre>
-        </template>
-      `,
-      errors: [
-        { message: 'Expected indentation of 2 spaces but found 0 spaces.', line: 2 },
-        { message: 'Expected indentation of 4 spaces but found 0 spaces.', line: 3 },
-        { message: 'Expected indentation of 2 spaces but found 0 spaces.', line: 4 }
-      ]
-    },
-    {
-      filename: 'test.vue',
-      code: unIndent`
-        <template>
-        <pre
-        style=""
-        >
-        no end tag
-        </template>
-      `,
-      output: unIndent`
-        <template>
-          <pre
-            style=""
-          >
-        no end tag
-        </template>
-      `,
-      errors: [
-        { message: 'Expected indentation of 2 spaces but found 0 spaces.', line: 2 },
-        { message: 'Expected indentation of 4 spaces but found 0 spaces.', line: 3 },
-        { message: 'Expected indentation of 2 spaces but found 0 spaces.', line: 4 }
-      ]
-    },
-    {
-      filename: 'test.vue',
-      code: unIndent`
-        <template>
-        <pre
-        :class="[
-        'a',
-        'b',
-        'c'
-        ]"
-        >
-        aaa
-        bbb
-        ccc
-        </pre>
+          </pre>
         </template>
       `,
-      output: unIndent`
-      <template>
-        <pre
-          :class="[
-            'a',
-            'b',
-            'c'
-          ]"
-        >
-      aaa
-      bbb
-      ccc
-      </pre>
-      </template>
-      `,
       errors: [
         { message: 'Expected indentation of 2 spaces but found 0 spaces.', line: 2 },
         { message: 'Expected indentation of 4 spaces but found 0 spaces.', line: 3 },
-        { message: 'Expected indentation of 6 spaces but found 0 spaces.', line: 4 },
-        { message: 'Expected indentation of 6 spaces but found 0 spaces.', line: 5 },
-        { message: 'Expected indentation of 6 spaces but found 0 spaces.', line: 6 },
-        { message: 'Expected indentation of 4 spaces but found 0 spaces.', line: 7 },
+        { message: 'Expected indentation of 2 spaces but found 0 spaces.', line: 4 },
         { message: 'Expected indentation of 2 spaces but found 0 spaces.', line: 8 }
       ]
     }