diff --git a/docs/src/markdown/about/changelog.md b/docs/src/markdown/about/changelog.md
index f169c6c7d..acab38904 100644
--- a/docs/src/markdown/about/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/src/markdown/about/changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 10.12.1
+
+-   **FIX**: Snippets: Fix issue where when non sections of files are included, section labels are not stripped.
+
 ## 10.12
 
 -   **NEW**: Blocks: Blocks extensions no longer considered in beta.
diff --git a/pymdownx/__meta__.py b/pymdownx/__meta__.py
index 75e3ade2e..0e9a48447 100644
--- a/pymdownx/__meta__.py
+++ b/pymdownx/__meta__.py
@@ -185,5 +185,5 @@ def parse_version(ver, pre=False):
     return Version(major, minor, micro, release, pre, post, dev)
 
 
-__version_info__ = Version(10, 12, 0, "final")
+__version_info__ = Version(10, 12, 1, "final")
 __version__ = __version_info__._get_canonical()
diff --git a/pymdownx/snippets.py b/pymdownx/snippets.py
index 77d4021fe..e95e86cce 100644
--- a/pymdownx/snippets.py
+++ b/pymdownx/snippets.py
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ def download(self, url):
             # Process lines
             return [l.decode(self.encoding) for l in content.splitlines()]
 
-    def parse_snippets(self, lines, file_name=None, is_url=False):
+    def parse_snippets(self, lines, file_name=None, is_url=False, is_section=False):
         """Parse snippets snippet."""
 
         if file_name:
@@ -257,6 +257,20 @@ def parse_snippets(self, lines, file_name=None, is_url=False):
                     continue
 
             elif not block:
+                if not is_section:
+                    # Check for section line, if present remove, if escaped, reformat it
+                    m2 = self.RE_SNIPPET_SECTION.match(line)
+                    if m2 and m2.group('escape'):
+                        line = (
+                            m2.group('pre') + m2.group('escape').replace(';', '', 1) + m2.group('inline_marker') +
+                            m2.group('section') + m2.group('post')
+                        )
+                        m2 = None
+
+                    # Found a section that must be removed
+                    if m2 is not None:
+                        continue
+
                 # Not in snippet, and we didn't find an inline,
                 # so just a normal line
                 new_lines.append(line)
@@ -350,7 +364,8 @@ def parse_snippets(self, lines, file_name=None, is_url=False):
                             space + l2 for l2 in self.parse_snippets(
                                 s_lines,
                                 snippet,
-                                is_url=url
+                                is_url=url,
+                                is_section=section is not None
                             )
                         ]
                     )
diff --git a/tests/test_extensions/test_snippets.py b/tests/test_extensions/test_snippets.py
index 7c607fa4a..50c8902b8 100644
--- a/tests/test_extensions/test_snippets.py
+++ b/tests/test_extensions/test_snippets.py
@@ -401,6 +401,41 @@ def test_section_inline_escaped_other_section(self):
             True
         )
 
+    def test_whole_file_with_sections(self):
+        """Test whole file with sections."""
+
+        self.check_markdown(
+            R'''
+            ```
+            -8<- "section_nested.txt"
+            ```
+            ''',
+            '''
+            <div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code>div {
+                color: red;
+                background-color: white;
+                padding: 16px
+            }
+
+
+            div {
+                color: red;
+                /* --8&lt;-- [start: css-section4] */
+                background-color: white;
+                padding: 16px
+                /* --8&lt;-- [end: css-section4] */
+            }
+
+            div {
+                color: red;
+                background-color: white;
+                padding: 16px
+            }
+            </code></pre></div>
+            ''',
+            True
+        )
+
     def test_section_ignore_double_start_section(self):
         """Test nested sections."""