diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/i18n/extractor_merger.ts b/packages/compiler/src/i18n/extractor_merger.ts
index d753c71fa14..e8e7693cdad 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/i18n/extractor_merger.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/i18n/extractor_merger.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
  */
 
 import * as html from '../ml_parser/ast';
-import {DEFAULT_CONTAINER_BLOCKS} from '../ml_parser/defaults';
 import {ParseTreeResult} from '../ml_parser/parser';
 import {TokenType} from '../ml_parser/tokens';
 import {ParseError} from '../parse_util';
@@ -285,7 +284,6 @@ class _Visitor implements html.Visitor {
     this._messages = [];
     this._inImplicitNode = false;
     this._createI18nMessage = createI18nMessageFactory(
-      DEFAULT_CONTAINER_BLOCKS,
       // When dropping significant whitespace we need to retain whitespace tokens or
       // else we won't be able to reuse source spans because empty tokens would be
       // removed and cause a mismatch.
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/i18n/i18n_parser.ts b/packages/compiler/src/i18n/i18n_parser.ts
index b1b07301689..6847181312b 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/i18n/i18n_parser.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/i18n/i18n_parser.ts
@@ -41,16 +41,10 @@ export interface I18nMessageFactory {
  * Returns a function converting html nodes to an i18n Message
  */
 export function createI18nMessageFactory(
-  containerBlocks: Set<string>,
   retainEmptyTokens: boolean,
   preserveExpressionWhitespace: boolean,
 ): I18nMessageFactory {
-  const visitor = new _I18nVisitor(
-    _expParser,
-    containerBlocks,
-    retainEmptyTokens,
-    preserveExpressionWhitespace,
-  );
+  const visitor = new _I18nVisitor(_expParser, retainEmptyTokens, preserveExpressionWhitespace);
   return (nodes, meaning, description, customId, visitNodeFn) =>
     visitor.toI18nMessage(nodes, meaning, description, customId, visitNodeFn);
 }
@@ -71,7 +65,6 @@ function noopVisitNodeFn(_html: html.Node, i18n: i18n.Node): i18n.Node {
 class _I18nVisitor implements html.Visitor {
   constructor(
     private _expressionParser: ExpressionParser,
-    private _containerBlocks: Set<string>,
     private readonly _retainEmptyTokens: boolean,
     private readonly _preserveExpressionWhitespace: boolean,
   ) {}
@@ -183,7 +176,7 @@ class _I18nVisitor implements html.Visitor {
   visitBlock(block: html.Block, context: I18nMessageVisitorContext) {
     const children = html.visitAll(this, block.children, context);
 
-    if (this._containerBlocks.has(block.name)) {
+    if (block.name === 'switch') {
       return new i18n.Container(children, block.sourceSpan);
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/ml_parser/defaults.ts b/packages/compiler/src/ml_parser/defaults.ts
index 90e30e55d2a..bfec7dcda2c 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/ml_parser/defaults.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/ml_parser/defaults.ts
@@ -31,5 +31,3 @@ export const DEFAULT_INTERPOLATION_CONFIG: InterpolationConfig = new Interpolati
   '{{',
   '}}',
 );
-
-export const DEFAULT_CONTAINER_BLOCKS = new Set(['switch']);
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/i18n/meta.ts b/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/i18n/meta.ts
index 00007d2ff4c..f5071b3f8fc 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/i18n/meta.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/i18n/meta.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import {computeDecimalDigest, computeDigest, decimalDigest} from '../../../i18n/
 import * as i18n from '../../../i18n/i18n_ast';
 import {createI18nMessageFactory, VisitNodeFn} from '../../../i18n/i18n_parser';
 import * as html from '../../../ml_parser/ast';
-import {DEFAULT_CONTAINER_BLOCKS} from '../../../ml_parser/defaults';
 import {ParseTreeResult} from '../../../ml_parser/parser';
 import * as o from '../../../output/output_ast';
 import {isTrustedTypesSink} from '../../../schema/trusted_types_sinks';
@@ -63,7 +62,6 @@ export class I18nMetaVisitor implements html.Visitor {
   constructor(
     private keepI18nAttrs = false,
     private enableI18nLegacyMessageIdFormat = false,
-    private containerBlocks: Set<string> = DEFAULT_CONTAINER_BLOCKS,
     private readonly preserveSignificantWhitespace: boolean = true,
 
     // When dropping significant whitespace we need to retain empty tokens or
@@ -82,7 +80,6 @@ export class I18nMetaVisitor implements html.Visitor {
   ): i18n.Message {
     const {meaning, description, customId} = this._parseMetadata(meta);
     const createI18nMessage = createI18nMessageFactory(
-      this.containerBlocks,
       this.retainEmptyTokens,
       /* preserveExpressionWhitespace */ this.preserveSignificantWhitespace,
     );
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/template.ts b/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/template.ts
index 8fa6121b201..28dedea8816 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/template.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/template.ts
@@ -189,7 +189,6 @@ export function parseTemplate(
   const i18nMetaVisitor = new I18nMetaVisitor(
     /* keepI18nAttrs */ !preserveWhitespaces,
     enableI18nLegacyMessageIdFormat,
-    /* containerBlocks */ undefined,
     options.preserveSignificantWhitespace,
     retainEmptyTokens,
   );
@@ -246,7 +245,6 @@ export function parseTemplate(
         new I18nMetaVisitor(
           /* keepI18nAttrs */ false,
           /* enableI18nLegacyMessageIdFormat */ undefined,
-          /* containerBlocks */ undefined,
           /* preserveSignificantWhitespace */ true,
           retainEmptyTokens,
         ),
diff --git a/packages/compiler/test/i18n/i18n_ast_spec.ts b/packages/compiler/test/i18n/i18n_ast_spec.ts
index 537b4e5b008..db336ac4b59 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/test/i18n/i18n_ast_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/test/i18n/i18n_ast_spec.ts
@@ -8,12 +8,10 @@
 
 import {createI18nMessageFactory} from '../../src/i18n/i18n_parser';
 import {Node} from '../../src/ml_parser/ast';
-import {DEFAULT_CONTAINER_BLOCKS} from '../../src/ml_parser/defaults';
 import {HtmlParser} from '../../src/ml_parser/html_parser';
 
 describe('Message', () => {
   const messageFactory = createI18nMessageFactory(
-    DEFAULT_CONTAINER_BLOCKS,
     /* retainEmptyTokens */ false,
     /* preserveExpressionWhitespace */ true,
   );