diff --git a/packages/notifications/lib/notification-element.js b/packages/notifications/lib/notification-element.js
index 660ee6e7e..4d3ef9be4 100644
--- a/packages/notifications/lib/notification-element.js
+++ b/packages/notifications/lib/notification-element.js
@@ -8,18 +8,14 @@
  * Full docs: https://github.com/decaffeinate/decaffeinate/blob/main/docs/suggestions.md
  */
 let NotificationElement;
-const createDOMPurify = require('dompurify');
 const fs = require('fs-plus');
 const path = require('path');
-const marked = require('marked');
 const {shell} = require('electron');
 
 const NotificationIssue = require('./notification-issue');
 const TemplateHelper = require('./template-helper');
 const UserUtilities = require('./user-utilities');
 
-let DOMPurify = null;
-
 const NotificationTemplate = `\
 <div class="content">
   <div class="message item"></div>
@@ -110,12 +106,7 @@ module.exports =
 
       const notificationContainer = this.element.querySelector('.message');
 
-      if (DOMPurify === null) {
-        DOMPurify = createDOMPurify();
-      }
-      notificationContainer.innerHTML = DOMPurify.sanitize(
-        marked.parse(this.model.getMessage())
-      );
+      notificationContainer.innerHTML = atom.ui.markdown.render(this.model.getMessage());
 
       if (detail = this.model.getDetail()) {
         let stack;
@@ -137,7 +128,7 @@ module.exports =
         metaContainer = this.element.querySelector('.meta');
         metaContainer.appendChild(TemplateHelper.render(this.metaTemplate));
         const description = this.element.querySelector('.description');
-        description.innerHTML = marked.parse(metaContent);
+        description.innerHTML = atom.ui.markdown.render(metaContent);
       }
 
       if (options.buttons && (options.buttons.length > 0)) {
diff --git a/packages/notifications/package.json b/packages/notifications/package.json
index 0b85bdb40..84e938761 100644
--- a/packages/notifications/package.json
+++ b/packages/notifications/package.json
@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@
     "atom": ">0.50.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "dompurify": "3.0.3",
     "fs-plus": "^3.0.0",
-    "marked": "5.0.3",
     "moment": "^2.19.3",
     "semver": "^7.0.0",
     "stacktrace-parser": "^0.1.3",
diff --git a/spec/ui-spec.js b/spec/ui-spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a2b250162
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/ui-spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+const UI = require("../src/ui.js");
+
+describe("Just testing for now", async () => {
+  console.log("here0");
+  const content =
+`
+# Hello World
+
+My friends
+
+\`\`\`javascript
+const hello = "world";
+\`\`\`
+
+`;
+
+  console.log("here4");
+  try {
+    const html = UI.markdown.renderMarkdown(content);
+    console.log("here3");
+    console.log(html);
+
+    const htmlDom = UI.markdown.convertToDOM(html);
+
+    console.log("here1");
+    await UI.markdown.applySyntaxHighlighting(htmlDom);
+    console.log("here2");
+
+    console.log(htmlDom.innerHTML);
+
+  } catch(er) {
+    console.log("we errored");
+    console.error(er);
+  }
+
+});
diff --git a/src/ui.js b/src/ui.js
index 13ae726cc..62484674d 100644
--- a/src/ui.js
+++ b/src/ui.js
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ function convertAtomEditorToStandardElement(editorElement, preElement) {
 
 // Markdown Exported Object
 const markdown = {
-  renderMarkdown: renderMarkdown,
+  render: renderMarkdown,
   applySyntaxHighlighting: applySyntaxHighlighting,
   convertToDOM: convertToDOM
 };