diff --git a/modules/lang/markdown/autoload.el b/modules/lang/markdown/autoload.el
index 7e1d2b23a..2a9595bc3 100644
--- a/modules/lang/markdown/autoload.el
+++ b/modules/lang/markdown/autoload.el
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ Returns its exit code."
     (call-process-region beg end
                          shell-file-name nil output-buffer nil
                          shell-command-switch
-                         "pandoc" "--smart" "-f" "markdown" "-t" "html")))
+                         "pandoc" "-f" "markdown" "-t" "html"
+                         "--standalone" "--mathjax" "--highlight-style=pygments")))
 
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun +markdown-compile-markdown (beg end output-buffer)
diff --git a/modules/lang/markdown/config.el b/modules/lang/markdown/config.el
index 2cf556b6c..8db2958e0 100644
--- a/modules/lang/markdown/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/markdown/config.el
@@ -66,10 +66,3 @@ capture, the end position, and the output buffer.")
             "t" #'markdown-toc-generate-toc
             "i" #'markdown-insert-image
             "l" #'markdown-insert-link))))
-
-
-(def-package! pandoc-mode
-  :when (featurep! +pandoc)
-  :commands pandoc-mode
-  :hook (markdown-mode . conditionally-turn-on-pandoc)
-  :init (setq markdown-command "pandoc --from=markdown --to=html --standalone --mathjax --highlight-style=pygments"))
diff --git a/modules/lang/markdown/doctor.el b/modules/lang/markdown/doctor.el
index cad8ccea4..4c9238840 100644
--- a/modules/lang/markdown/doctor.el
+++ b/modules/lang/markdown/doctor.el
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 ;; -*- lexical-binding: t; no-byte-compile: t; -*-
 ;;; lang/markdown/doctor.el
 
-(when (featurep! +pandoc)
-  (unless (executable-find "pandoc")
-    (warn! "Couldn't find pandoc, markdown-mode may have issues")))
-
 (when (require 'markdown-mode nil t)
   (cond ((eq markdown-command #'+markdown-compile)
          (dolist (cmd (list (cons "marked" '+markdown-compile-marked)