diff --git a/modules/lang/markdown/config.el b/modules/lang/markdown/config.el
index b4ae34c63..11d4d3c03 100644
--- a/modules/lang/markdown/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/markdown/config.el
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@
         markdown-fontify-code-blocks-natively t
         markdown-hide-urls nil ; trigger with `markdown-toggle-url-hiding'
         markdown-enable-math t ; syntax highlighting for latex fragments
-        markdown-gfm-uppercase-checkbox t ; for compat with org-mode
-        markdown-header-scaling t) ; fontify section headers
+        markdown-gfm-uppercase-checkbox t) ; for compat with org-mode
 
   :config
   (defun +markdown|set-fill-column-and-line-spacing ()