diff --git a/src/nodes/html.ts b/src/nodes/html.ts
index 78f283e..9c6d312 100644
--- a/src/nodes/html.ts
+++ b/src/nodes/html.ts
@@ -1319,7 +1319,9 @@ export function parse(data: string, options = {} as Partial<Options>) {
 				// this is wrong, becouse this will put the H3 outside the current right position which should be inside the current Html Element, see issue 152 for more info
 				if (options.parseNoneClosedTags !== true) {
 					oneBefore.removeChild(last);
-					reparentChildren(last, oneBefore.parentNode);
+					last.childNodes.forEach((child) => {
+						oneBefore.parentNode.appendChild(child);
+					});
 					stack.pop();
 				}
 			} else {
@@ -1328,7 +1330,9 @@ export function parse(data: string, options = {} as Partial<Options>) {
 				// eslint-disable-next-line no-lonely-if
 				if (options.parseNoneClosedTags !== true) {
 					oneBefore.removeChild(last);
-					reparentChildren(last, oneBefore);
+					last.childNodes.forEach((child) => {
+						oneBefore.appendChild(child);
+					});
 				}
 			}
 		} else {
@@ -1343,17 +1347,6 @@ export function parse(data: string, options = {} as Partial<Options>) {
 	return root;
 }
 
-function reparentChildren(source: HTMLElement, parent: HTMLElement) {
-	const children = source.childNodes;
-	source.childNodes = [];
-	for (const child of children) {
-		// Detach in bulk: appendChild() would otherwise filter the shrinking source
-		// array once per child, making repair quadratic in the number of siblings.
-		child.parentNode = null;
-		parent.appendChild(child);
-	}
-}
-
 /**
  * Resolves a list of {@link NodeInsertable} to a list of nodes,
  * and removes nodes from any potential parent.
diff --git a/test/tests/issues/260-unclosed-tags.js b/test/tests/issues/260-unclosed-tags.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 1588502..0000000
--- a/test/tests/issues/260-unclosed-tags.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-const assert = require('node:assert/strict');
-const { spawnSync } = require('node:child_process');
-const { parse } = require('@test/test-target');
-
-function checkParents(parent) {
-	parent.childNodes.forEach((child) => {
-		assert.equal(child.parentNode, parent);
-		checkParents(child);
-	});
-}
-
-describe('unclosed tag repair', function () {
-	const content = 'alpha<!--note--><b>beta</b>omega';
-	for (const sameTag of [false, true]) {
-		const opening = sameTag ? '<section><section>' : '<section>';
-		const input = `<main>before${opening}${content}`;
-		const repaired = `<main>before${sameTag ? '<section></section>' : ''}${content}</main>`;
-
-		for (const preserve of [undefined, false, true]) {
-			it(`preserves child order and parent links (${sameTag ? 'same' : 'different'} tags, parseNoneClosedTags=${preserve})`, function () {
-				const root = parse(input, { comment: true, parseNoneClosedTags: preserve });
-				const expected = preserve ? `${input}${sameTag ? '</section>' : ''}</section></main>` : repaired;
-				assert.equal(root.toString(), expected);
-				checkParents(root);
-				const bold = root.querySelector('b');
-				assert.equal(bold.previousSibling.toString(), '<!--note-->');
-				assert.equal(bold.nextSibling.toString(), 'omega');
-			});
-		}
-
-		it(`handles empty unclosed ${sameTag ? 'same' : 'different'} tags`, function () {
-			const root = parse(`<main>${opening}`);
-			assert.equal(root.toString(), `<main>${sameTag ? '<section></section>' : ''}</main>`);
-			checkParents(root);
-		});
-
-		it(`repairs many children of unclosed ${sameTag ? 'same' : 'different'} tags within a bounded process`, function () {
-			this.timeout(15000);
-			const args = [];
-			if (process.env.TEST_TARGET !== 'dist' && !process.env.CI) {
-				args.push('-r', require.resolve('ts-node/register'));
-			}
-			args.push('-e', `
-				const assert = require('node:assert/strict');
-				const { parse } = require(process.argv[1]);
-				const sameTag = process.argv[2] === 'true';
-				const count = 32000;
-				const content = '<b>item</b>'.repeat(count);
-				const opening = sameTag ? '<section><section>' : '<section>';
-				const root = parse('<main>' + opening + content);
-				const parent = root.firstChild;
-				const items = sameTag ? parent.childNodes.slice(1) : parent.childNodes;
-				assert.equal(items.length, count);
-				for (const item of items) {
-					assert.equal(item.rawTagName, 'b');
-					assert.equal(item.text, 'item');
-					assert.equal(item.parentNode, parent);
-					assert.equal(item.firstChild.parentNode, item);
-				}
-				assert.equal(root.toString(), '<main>' + (sameTag ? '<section></section>' : '') + content + '</main>');
-				process.stdout.write('ok');
-			`, require.resolve('@test/test-target'), String(sameTag));
-			// Isolate synchronous parsing so a regression cannot hang the test runner.
-			// The linear path has ample headroom; repeated sibling filtering times out.
-			const result = spawnSync(process.execPath, args, { timeout: 8000, encoding: 'utf8', windowsHide: true });
-			assert.ifError(result.error);
-			assert.equal(result.status, 0, result.stderr);
-			assert.equal(result.stdout, 'ok');
-		});
-	}
-
-	it('keeps properly closed parents and their mixed children', function () {
-		const html = `<main>before<section>${content}</section>after</main>`;
-		const root = parse(html, { comment: true });
-		assert.equal(root.toString(), html);
-		checkParents(root);
-	});
-});