diff --git a/src/components/Widgets/Markdown/unified.js b/src/components/Widgets/Markdown/unified.js
index 3ebd6d20..85b91a14 100644
--- a/src/components/Widgets/Markdown/unified.js
+++ b/src/components/Widgets/Markdown/unified.js
@@ -589,8 +589,6 @@ export const remarkToHtml = mdast => {
   const result = unified()
     .use(remarkToRehypeShortcodes, { plugins: registry.getEditorComponents() })
     .use(remarkToRehype, { allowDangerousHTML: true })
-    .use(rehypeRemoveEmpty)
-    .use(rehypeMinifyWhitespace)
     .runSync(mdast);
 
   const output = unified()