diff --git a/core/server/lib/mobiledoc/cards/_markdown.js b/core/server/lib/mobiledoc/cards/_markdown.js
index 7238a89098..433ae494c7 100644
--- a/core/server/lib/mobiledoc/cards/_markdown.js
+++ b/core/server/lib/mobiledoc/cards/_markdown.js
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ module.exports = function markdownCardDefinition() {
         },
 
         render: function (opts) {
-            let renderers = require('../renderers');
+            let markdownHtmlRenderer = require('@tryghost/kg-markdown-html-renderer');
             let payload = opts.payload;
             let version = opts.options && opts.options.version || 2;
             // convert markdown to HTML ready for insertion into dom
-            let html = renderers.markdownHtmlRenderer.render(payload.markdown || '');
+            let html = markdownHtmlRenderer.render(payload.markdown || '');
 
             if (!html) {
                 return '';
diff --git a/core/server/lib/mobiledoc/renderers/index.js b/core/server/lib/mobiledoc/renderers/index.js
index e430a7287d..1d3fcbe4bc 100644
--- a/core/server/lib/mobiledoc/renderers/index.js
+++ b/core/server/lib/mobiledoc/renderers/index.js
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 module.exports = {
     get mobiledocHtmlRenderer() {
         return require('./mobiledoc-html-renderer');
-    },
-
-    get markdownHtmlRenderer() {
-        return require('./markdown-html-renderer');
     }
 };
diff --git a/core/server/lib/mobiledoc/renderers/markdown-html-renderer.js b/core/server/lib/mobiledoc/renderers/markdown-html-renderer.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f0bc1bd39..0000000000
--- a/core/server/lib/mobiledoc/renderers/markdown-html-renderer.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-const MarkdownIt = require('markdown-it');
-
-const markdownIt = new MarkdownIt({
-    html: true,
-    breaks: true,
-    linkify: true
-})
-    .use(require('markdown-it-footnote'))
-    .use(require('markdown-it-lazy-headers'))
-    .use(require('markdown-it-mark'))
-    .use(function namedHeaders(md) {
-        // match legacy Showdown IDs
-        const slugify = function (inputString, usedHeaders) {
-            let slug = inputString.replace(/[^\w]/g, '').toLowerCase();
-            if (usedHeaders[slug]) {
-                usedHeaders[slug] += 1;
-                slug += usedHeaders[slug];
-            }
-            return slug;
-        };
-        const originalHeadingOpen = md.renderer.rules.heading_open;
-
-        // originally from https://github.com/leff/markdown-it-named-headers
-        // moved here to avoid pulling in http://stringjs.com dependency
-        md.renderer.rules.heading_open = function (tokens, idx, something, somethingelse, self) {
-            const usedHeaders = {};
-
-            tokens[idx].attrs = tokens[idx].attrs || [];
-
-            const title = tokens[idx + 1].children.reduce(function (acc, t) {
-                return acc + t.content;
-            }, '');
-
-            const slug = slugify(title, usedHeaders);
-            tokens[idx].attrs.push(['id', slug]);
-
-            if (originalHeadingOpen) {
-                return originalHeadingOpen.apply(this, arguments);
-            } else {
-                return self.renderToken.apply(self, arguments);
-            }
-        };
-    });
-
-// configure linkify-it
-markdownIt.linkify.set({
-    fuzzyLink: false
-});
-
-module.exports = {
-    render: function (markdown) {
-        return markdownIt.render(markdown);
-    }
-};
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ae43f3c766..19f31b51fd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
     "@sentry/node": "5.15.0",
     "@tryghost/errors": "^0.1.0",
     "@tryghost/helpers": "1.1.23",
+    "@tryghost/kg-markdown-html-renderer": "1.0.0",
     "@tryghost/members-api": "0.18.0",
     "@tryghost/members-ssr": "0.7.4",
     "@tryghost/social-urls": "0.1.6",
@@ -94,10 +95,6 @@
     "knex-migrator": "3.4.2",
     "lodash": "4.17.15",
     "mailgun-js": "0.22.0",
-    "markdown-it": "10.0.0",
-    "markdown-it-footnote": "3.0.2",
-    "markdown-it-lazy-headers": "0.1.3",
-    "markdown-it-mark": "3.0.0",
     "metascraper": "5.11.6",
     "metascraper-author": "5.11.6",
     "metascraper-description": "5.11.6",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 0c435f23ff..d114d8c5b4 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -329,6 +329,19 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@tryghost/kg-clean-basic-html/-/kg-clean-basic-html-0.1.5.tgz#21cbe9036472c04b2320b1feb359c9c40ff3a300"
   integrity sha512-jl+NKYryIL+KUQb4XNcMgu9l/K12oASgZYuRqi6GCm0JKhz1qD56vavIpKAlPjJyMOhSfD0MicoX887ijgvqyQ==
 
+"@tryghost/kg-markdown-html-renderer@1.0.0":
+  version "1.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@tryghost/kg-markdown-html-renderer/-/kg-markdown-html-renderer-1.0.0.tgz#7a68a5700955b031b29b3a70f7ab5b5391d7746e"
+  integrity sha512-MC+rxwaxkM7g+EkihYr6dmyc8CUkVVahDxjxEcKlVAVWpnB8GN/paaS1Lgv9n9KxqEHCuvewhCDPwH93sczTNg==
+  dependencies:
+    bluebird "^3.7.2"
+    ghost-ignition "^4.1.0"
+    lodash "^4.17.15"
+    markdown-it "^10.0.0"
+    markdown-it-footnote "^3.0.2"
+    markdown-it-lazy-headers "^0.1.3"
+    markdown-it-mark "^3.0.0"
+
 "@tryghost/kg-parser-plugins@0.9.0":
   version "0.9.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@tryghost/kg-parser-plugins/-/kg-parser-plugins-0.9.0.tgz#6ff9a0cb8101978787bfa3f77d2da652c2d786b1"
@@ -5439,22 +5452,22 @@ markdown-escapes@^1.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/markdown-escapes/-/markdown-escapes-1.0.3.tgz#6155e10416efaafab665d466ce598216375195f5"
   integrity sha512-XUi5HJhhV5R74k8/0H2oCbCiYf/u4cO/rX8tnGkRvrqhsr5BRNU6Mg0yt/8UIx1iIS8220BNJsDb7XnILhLepw==
 
-markdown-it-footnote@3.0.2:
+markdown-it-footnote@^3.0.2:
   version "3.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/markdown-it-footnote/-/markdown-it-footnote-3.0.2.tgz#1575ee7a093648d4e096aa33386b058d92ac8bc1"
   integrity sha512-JVW6fCmZWjvMdDQSbOT3nnOQtd9iAXmw7hTSh26+v42BnvXeVyGMDBm5b/EZocMed2MbCAHiTX632vY0FyGB8A==
 
-markdown-it-lazy-headers@0.1.3:
+markdown-it-lazy-headers@^0.1.3:
   version "0.1.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/markdown-it-lazy-headers/-/markdown-it-lazy-headers-0.1.3.tgz#e70dd4da79c87a9ce82ca4701b8b7c0e2d72297b"
   integrity sha1-5w3U2nnIepzoLKRwG4t8Di1yKXs=
 
-markdown-it-mark@3.0.0:
+markdown-it-mark@^3.0.0:
   version "3.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/markdown-it-mark/-/markdown-it-mark-3.0.0.tgz#27c3e39ef3cc310b2dde5375082c9fa912983cda"
   integrity sha512-HqMWeKfMMOu4zBO0emmxsoMWmbf2cPKZY1wP6FsTbKmicFfp5y4L3KXAsNeO1rM6NTJVOrNlLKMPjWzriBGspw==
 
-markdown-it@10.0.0:
+markdown-it@^10.0.0:
   version "10.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/markdown-it/-/markdown-it-10.0.0.tgz#abfc64f141b1722d663402044e43927f1f50a8dc"
   integrity sha512-YWOP1j7UbDNz+TumYP1kpwnP0aEa711cJjrAQrzd0UXlbJfc5aAq0F/PZHjiioqDC1NKgvIMX+o+9Bk7yuM2dg==