diff --git a/.changeset/textarea-borrowed-closing-tag.md b/.changeset/textarea-borrowed-closing-tag.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd6c09adf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/textarea-borrowed-closing-tag.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@shopify/prettier-plugin-liquid': patch
+---
+
+Fix a stray `>` being printed before a `<textarea>` that directly follows another element.
diff --git a/packages/prettier-plugin-liquid/src/printer/print/element.ts b/packages/prettier-plugin-liquid/src/printer/print/element.ts
index bbd601295..c1b22462b 100644
--- a/packages/prettier-plugin-liquid/src/printer/print/element.ts
+++ b/packages/prettier-plugin-liquid/src/printer/print/element.ts
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ export function printElement(
 
   if (shouldPreserveContent(node)) {
     return [
-      printOpeningTagPrefix(node, options),
       group(printOpeningTag(path, options, print, attrGroupId), {
         id: attrGroupId,
       }),
diff --git a/packages/prettier-plugin-liquid/src/test/html-element/fixed.liquid b/packages/prettier-plugin-liquid/src/test/html-element/fixed.liquid
index 70611b9dc..4e6f99e21 100644
--- a/packages/prettier-plugin-liquid/src/test/html-element/fixed.liquid
+++ b/packages/prettier-plugin-liquid/src/test/html-element/fixed.liquid
@@ -49,3 +49,7 @@ printWidth: 30
     aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
   </span></a
 >
+
+it should not print the borrowed closing tag end marker twice before a textarea
+<div><label for="x">Name</label><textarea id="x" rows="4"></textarea></div>
+<div><img src="a"><textarea>hi</textarea></div>
diff --git a/packages/prettier-plugin-liquid/src/test/html-element/index.liquid b/packages/prettier-plugin-liquid/src/test/html-element/index.liquid
index 7836ef8a2..506ae5555 100644
--- a/packages/prettier-plugin-liquid/src/test/html-element/index.liquid
+++ b/packages/prettier-plugin-liquid/src/test/html-element/index.liquid
@@ -21,3 +21,7 @@ it should borrow the closing span in this situation
 printWidth: 30
 <a class="link animate-arrow" ><span class="icon-wrap">&nbsp;{% render 'icon-arrow' %}</span></a>
 <a class="link animate-arrow" ><span class="icon-wrap">&nbsp; aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa </span></a>
+
+it should not print the borrowed closing tag end marker twice before a textarea
+<div><label for="x">Name</label><textarea id="x" rows="4"></textarea></div>
+<div><img src="a"><textarea>hi</textarea></div>