diff --git a/markup/goldmark/convert_test.go b/markup/goldmark/convert_test.go
index 2227d6187..83d97f222 100644
--- a/markup/goldmark/convert_test.go
+++ b/markup/goldmark/convert_test.go
@@ -288,6 +288,20 @@ func TestConvertAttributes(t *testing.T) {
 			"```bash {linenos=table, anchorlinenos=true, lineanchors=org-coderef--xyz}\necho 'foo';\n```",
 			"<div class=\"highlight\"><div class=\"chroma\">\n<table class=\"lntable\"><tr><td class=\"lntd\">\n<pre tabindex=\"0\" class=\"chroma\"><code><span class=\"lnt\" id=\"org-coderef--xyz-1\"><a style=\"outline: none; text-decoration:none; color:inherit\" href=\"#org-coderef--xyz-1\">1</a>\n</span></code></pre></td>\n<td class=\"lntd\">\n<pre tabindex=\"0\" class=\"chroma\"><code class=\"language-bash\" data-lang=\"bash\"><span class=\"line\"><span class=\"cl\"><span class=\"nb\">echo</span> <span class=\"s1\">&#39;foo&#39;</span><span class=\"p\">;</span>\n</span></span></code></pre></td></tr></table>\n</div>\n</div>",
 		},
+		{
+			"Code block, CodeFences=true,lineanchors, default ordinal",
+			func(conf *markup_config.Config) {
+				withBlockAttributes(conf)
+				conf.Highlight.CodeFences = true
+				conf.Highlight.NoClasses = false
+			},
+			"```bash {linenos=inline, anchorlinenos=true}\necho 'foo';\nnecho 'bar';\n```\n\n```bash {linenos=inline, anchorlinenos=true}\necho 'baz';\nnecho 'qux';\n```",
+			[]string{
+				"<span class=\"ln\" id=\"hl-0-1\"><a style=\"outline: none; text-decoration:none; color:inherit\" href=\"#hl-0-1\">1</a></span><span class=\"cl\"><span class=\"nb\">echo</span> <span class=\"s1\">&#39;foo&#39;</span>",
+				"<span class=\"ln\" id=\"hl-0-2\"><a style=\"outline: none; text-decoration:none; color:inherit\" href=\"#hl-0-2\">2</a></span><span class=\"cl\">necho <span class=\"s1\">&#39;bar&#39;</span>",
+				"<span class=\"ln\" id=\"hl-1-2\"><a style=\"outline: none; text-decoration:none; color:inherit\" href=\"#hl-1-2\">2</a></span><span class=\"cl\">necho <span class=\"s1\">&#39;qux&#39;</span>",
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			"Paragraph",
 			withBlockAttributes,
diff --git a/markup/highlight/config.go b/markup/highlight/config.go
index 86ac02c3d..7b336f580 100644
--- a/markup/highlight/config.go
+++ b/markup/highlight/config.go
@@ -23,10 +23,19 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cast"
 
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/config"
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/markup/converter/hooks"
 
 	"github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure"
 )
 
+const (
+	lineanchorsKey = "lineanchors"
+	lineNosKey     = "linenos"
+	hlLinesKey     = "hl_lines"
+	linosStartKey  = "linenostart"
+	noHlKey        = "nohl"
+)
+
 var DefaultConfig = Config{
 	// The highlighter style to use.
 	// See https://xyproto.github.io/splash/docs/all.html
@@ -38,7 +47,6 @@ var DefaultConfig = Config{
 	TabWidth:           4,
 }
 
-//
 type Config struct {
 	Style string
 
@@ -133,6 +141,16 @@ func applyOptionsFromMap(optsm map[string]interface{}, cfg *Config) error {
 	return mapstructure.WeakDecode(optsm, cfg)
 }
 
+func applyOptionsFromCodeBlockContext(ctx hooks.CodeblockContext, cfg *Config) error {
+	if cfg.LineAnchors == "" {
+		const lineAnchorPrefix = "hl-"
+		// Set it to the ordinal with a prefix.
+		cfg.LineAnchors = fmt.Sprintf("%s%d", lineAnchorPrefix, ctx.Ordinal())
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 // ApplyLegacyConfig applies legacy config from back when we had
 // Pygments.
 func ApplyLegacyConfig(cfg config.Provider, conf *Config) error {
@@ -191,13 +209,6 @@ func normalizeHighlightOptions(m map[string]interface{}) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	const (
-		lineNosKey    = "linenos"
-		hlLinesKey    = "hl_lines"
-		linosStartKey = "linenostart"
-		noHlKey       = "nohl"
-	)
-
 	baseLineNumber := 1
 	if v, ok := m[linosStartKey]; ok {
 		baseLineNumber = cast.ToInt(v)
diff --git a/markup/highlight/highlight.go b/markup/highlight/highlight.go
index e9cbeb3c9..6013ba1c8 100644
--- a/markup/highlight/highlight.go
+++ b/markup/highlight/highlight.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import (
 	gohtml "html"
 	"html/template"
 	"io"
-	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/alecthomas/chroma"
@@ -98,6 +97,10 @@ func (h chromaHighlighter) HighlightCodeBlock(ctx hooks.CodeblockContext, opts i
 		return HightlightResult{}, err
 	}
 
+	if err := applyOptionsFromCodeBlockContext(ctx, &cfg); err != nil {
+		return HightlightResult{}, err
+	}
+
 	err := highlight(&b, ctx.Code(), ctx.Lang(), attributes, cfg)
 	if err != nil {
 		return HightlightResult{}, err
@@ -116,6 +119,10 @@ func (h chromaHighlighter) RenderCodeblock(w hugio.FlexiWriter, ctx hooks.Codebl
 		return err
 	}
 
+	if err := applyOptionsFromCodeBlockContext(ctx, &cfg); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	return highlight(w, ctx.Code(), ctx.Lang(), attributes, cfg)
 }
 
@@ -133,31 +140,6 @@ func (h HightlightResult) Highlighted() template.HTML {
 	return h.Body
 }
 
-func (h chromaHighlighter) toHighlightOptionsAttributes(ctx hooks.CodeblockContext) (map[string]interface{}, map[string]interface{}) {
-	attributes := ctx.Attributes()
-	if attributes == nil || len(attributes) == 0 {
-		return nil, nil
-	}
-
-	options := make(map[string]interface{})
-	attrs := make(map[string]interface{})
-
-	for k, v := range attributes {
-		klow := strings.ToLower(k)
-		if chromaHightlightProcessingAttributes[klow] {
-			options[klow] = v
-		} else {
-			attrs[k] = v
-		}
-	}
-	const lineanchorsKey = "lineanchors"
-	if _, found := options[lineanchorsKey]; !found {
-		// Set it to the ordinal.
-		options[lineanchorsKey] = strconv.Itoa(ctx.Ordinal())
-	}
-	return options, attrs
-}
-
 func highlight(w hugio.FlexiWriter, code, lang string, attributes []attributes.Attribute, cfg Config) error {
 	var lexer chroma.Lexer
 	if lang != "" {