diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index fef3349ec..4552087b0 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@
         "katex": "0.16.21",
         "leaflet": "1.9.4",
         "leaflet-gpx": "2.1.2",
-        "mark.js": "8.11.1",
         "marked": "15.0.7",
         "mermaid": "11.6.0",
         "mime-types": "2.1.35",
@@ -173,6 +172,7 @@
         "jsdoc": "4.0.4",
         "knockout": "3.5.1",
         "lorem-ipsum": "2.0.8",
+        "mark.js": "8.11.1",
         "mind-elixir": "4.4.3",
         "mini-css-extract-plugin": "2.9.2",
         "nodemon": "3.1.9",
@@ -15066,6 +15066,7 @@
       "version": "8.11.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mark.js/-/mark.js-8.11.1.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-1I+1qpDt4idfgLQG+BNWmrqku+7/2bi5nLf4YwF8y8zXvmfiTBY3PV3ZibfrjBueCByROpuBjLLFCajqkgYoLQ==",
+      "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT"
     },
     "node_modules/markdown-it": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bb0c7c357..b16a233a0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@
     "katex": "0.16.21",
     "leaflet": "1.9.4",
     "leaflet-gpx": "2.1.2",
-    "mark.js": "8.11.1",
     "marked": "15.0.7",
     "mermaid": "11.6.0",
     "mime-types": "2.1.35",
@@ -229,6 +228,7 @@
     "jsdoc": "4.0.4",
     "knockout": "3.5.1",
     "lorem-ipsum": "2.0.8",
+    "mark.js": "8.11.1",
     "mind-elixir": "4.4.3",
     "mini-css-extract-plugin": "2.9.2",
     "nodemon": "3.1.9",
diff --git a/src/public/app/services/library_loader.ts b/src/public/app/services/library_loader.ts
index babd4a14d..3f8d95c88 100644
--- a/src/public/app/services/library_loader.ts
+++ b/src/public/app/services/library_loader.ts
@@ -51,10 +51,6 @@ const KATEX: Library = {
     css: ["node_modules/katex/dist/katex.min.css"]
 };
 
-const MARKJS: Library = {
-    js: ["node_modules/mark.js/dist/jquery.mark.es6.min.js"]
-};
-
 const HIGHLIGHT_JS: Library = {
     js: () => {
         const mimeTypes = mimeTypesService.getMimeTypes();
@@ -172,7 +168,6 @@ export default {
     CODE_MIRROR,
     CALENDAR_WIDGET,
     KATEX,
-    MARKJS,
     HIGHLIGHT_JS,
     LEAFLET
 };
diff --git a/src/public/app/widgets/find_in_html.ts b/src/public/app/widgets/find_in_html.ts
index d1e9a93db..f64d403ff 100644
--- a/src/public/app/widgets/find_in_html.ts
+++ b/src/public/app/widgets/find_in_html.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 // ck-find-result and ck-find-result_selected are the styles ck-editor
 // uses for highlighting matches, use the same one on CodeMirror
 // for consistency
-import libraryLoader from "../services/library_loader.js";
 import utils from "../services/utils.js";
 import appContext from "../components/app_context.js";
 import type FindWidget from "./find.js";
 import type { FindResult } from "./find.js";
+import 'mark.js';
 
 const FIND_RESULT_SELECTED_CSS_CLASSNAME = "ck-find-result_selected";
 const FIND_RESULT_CSS_CLASSNAME = "ck-find-result";
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ export default class FindInHtml {
     }
 
     async performFind(searchTerm: string, matchCase: boolean, wholeWord: boolean) {
-        await libraryLoader.requireLibrary(libraryLoader.MARKJS);
-
         const $content = await this.parent?.noteContext?.getContentElement();
 
         const wholeWordChar = wholeWord ? "\\b" : "";
diff --git a/src/public/app/widgets/view_widgets/list_or_grid_view.ts b/src/public/app/widgets/view_widgets/list_or_grid_view.ts
index 56ee00b86..8760dc4ca 100644
--- a/src/public/app/widgets/view_widgets/list_or_grid_view.ts
+++ b/src/public/app/widgets/view_widgets/list_or_grid_view.ts
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ import linkService from "../../services/link.js";
 import contentRenderer from "../../services/content_renderer.js";
 import froca from "../../services/froca.js";
 import attributeRenderer from "../../services/attribute_renderer.js";
-import libraryLoader from "../../services/library_loader.js";
 import treeService from "../../services/tree.js";
 import utils from "../../services/utils.js";
 import type FNote from "../../entities/fnote.js";
 import ViewMode, { type ViewModeArgs } from "./view_mode.js";
+import 'mark.js';
 
 const TPL = `
 <div class="note-list">
@@ -216,8 +216,6 @@ class ListOrGridView extends ViewMode {
 
         const highlightedTokens = this.parentNote.highlightedTokens || [];
         if (highlightedTokens.length > 0) {
-            await libraryLoader.requireLibrary(libraryLoader.MARKJS);
-
             const regex = highlightedTokens.map((token) => utils.escapeRegExp(token)).join("|");
 
             this.highlightRegex = new RegExp(regex, "gi");