diff --git a/djangoproject/settings/common.py b/djangoproject/settings/common.py
index a23b17d4c..59886ee0f 100644
--- a/djangoproject/settings/common.py
+++ b/djangoproject/settings/common.py
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@
 
     'registration',
     'django_hosts',
-    'markdownx',
     'sorl.thumbnail',
 
     'django.contrib.sites',
diff --git a/djangoproject/templates/members/individualmember_list.html b/djangoproject/templates/members/individualmember_list.html
index 8ee097dcb..f316ad303 100644
--- a/djangoproject/templates/members/individualmember_list.html
+++ b/djangoproject/templates/members/individualmember_list.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {% extends "base_foundation.html" %}
-{% load i18n markdown %}
+{% load i18n %}
 
 {% block content %}
   <h1>{% trans "Individual members" %}</h1>
diff --git a/djangoproject/test_markdownx.py b/djangoproject/test_markdownx.py
deleted file mode 100644
index a9bfe1dd9..000000000
--- a/djangoproject/test_markdownx.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-from django.contrib.auth.models import User
-from django.test import TestCase
-
-
-class TestPermissions(TestCase):
-    url = '/markdownx/markdownify/'
-
-    def test_anonymous(self):
-        response = self.client.get(self.url)
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 302)
-
-    def test_staff_required(self):
-        user = User.objects.create(username='test')
-        self.client.force_login(user)
-        response = self.client.get(self.url)
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 302)
-        user.is_staff = True
-        user.save()
-        response = self.client.get(self.url)
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 405)
diff --git a/djangoproject/urls/www.py b/djangoproject/urls/www.py
index e532c44fb..02f137a1c 100644
--- a/djangoproject/urls/www.py
+++ b/djangoproject/urls/www.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib import admin
-from django.contrib.admin.views.decorators import staff_member_required
 from django.contrib.auth import views as auth_views
 from django.contrib.contenttypes import views as contenttypes_views
 from django.contrib.flatpages.sitemaps import FlatPageSitemap
@@ -9,7 +8,6 @@
 from django.views.decorators.cache import cache_page
 from django.views.generic import RedirectView, TemplateView
 from django.views.static import serve
-from markdownx.views import MarkdownifyView
 
 from accounts import views as account_views
 from aggregator.feeds import (
@@ -55,7 +53,6 @@
     path('contact/', include('contact.urls')),
     path('foundation/', include('members.urls')),
     path('fundraising/', include('fundraising.urls')),
-    path('markdownx/markdownify/', staff_member_required(MarkdownifyView.as_view())),
 
     # Used by docs search suggestions
     re_path('^r/(?P<content_type_id>\d+)/(?P<object_id>.*)/$', contenttypes_views.shortcut, name='contenttypes-shortcut'),
diff --git a/members/admin.py b/members/admin.py
index 1d6beb433..548706b03 100644
--- a/members/admin.py
+++ b/members/admin.py
@@ -4,13 +4,12 @@
 from django.templatetags.static import static
 from django.utils.formats import localize
 from django.utils.html import format_html
-from markdownx.admin import MarkdownxModelAdmin
 
 from members.models import CorporateMember, IndividualMember, Invoice, Team
 
 
 @admin.register(IndividualMember)
-class IndividualMemberAdmin(MarkdownxModelAdmin):
+class IndividualMemberAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
     list_display = [
         'name',
         'email',
diff --git a/members/migrations/0007_auto_20170216_0837.py b/members/migrations/0007_auto_20170216_0837.py
index c69cf1aa1..39d4b7c25 100644
--- a/members/migrations/0007_auto_20170216_0837.py
+++ b/members/migrations/0007_auto_20170216_0837.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 # Generated by Django 1.10.5 on 2017-02-16 08:37
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-import markdownx.models
 from django.db import migrations, models
 
 
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
         migrations.AddField(
             model_name='individualmember',
             name='bio',
-            field=markdownx.models.MarkdownxField(blank=True),
+            field=models.TextField(blank=True),
         ),
         migrations.AddField(
             model_name='individualmember',
diff --git a/members/migrations/0008_auto_20181001_1031.py b/members/migrations/0008_auto_20181001_1031.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..acfd5c3ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/members/migrations/0008_auto_20181001_1031.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Generated by Django 2.1.2 on 2018-10-01 10:31
+
+from django.db import migrations
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('members', '0007_auto_20170216_0837'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.RemoveField(
+            model_name='individualmember',
+            name='bio',
+        ),
+        migrations.RemoveField(
+            model_name='individualmember',
+            name='website',
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/members/models.py b/members/models.py
index dfaae9b56..aa834c87f 100644
--- a/members/models.py
+++ b/members/models.py
@@ -4,10 +4,8 @@
 from django.db import models
 from django.db.models.signals import post_save
 from django.dispatch import receiver
-from django.utils.html import format_html
 from django.views.generic.dates import timezone_today
 from django_hosts import reverse
-from markdownx.models import MarkdownxField
 from sorl.thumbnail import ImageField, get_thumbnail
 
 BRONZE_MEMBERSHIP = 1
@@ -41,8 +39,6 @@ class IndividualMember(models.Model):
     member_since = models.DateField(default=timezone_today)
     member_until = models.DateField(null=True, blank=True)
     reason_for_leaving = models.TextField(blank=True)
-    bio = MarkdownxField(blank=True)
-    website = models.URLField(blank=True)
 
     class Meta:
         ordering = ['name']
@@ -54,12 +50,6 @@ def __str__(self):
     def is_active(self):
         return self.member_until is None
 
-    @property
-    def linked_name(self):
-        if self.website:
-            return format_html('<a href="{}">{}</a>', self.website, self.name)
-        return self.name
-
 
 class Team(models.Model):
     name = models.CharField(max_length=250)
diff --git a/members/templatetags/__init__.py b/members/templatetags/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb..000000000
diff --git a/members/templatetags/markdown.py b/members/templatetags/markdown.py
deleted file mode 100644
index a4310e474..000000000
--- a/members/templatetags/markdown.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-import bleach
-import markdown
-from django import template
-from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
-
-register = template.Library()
-
-
-@register.filter(is_safe=True)
-def markdownify(text):
-    return mark_safe(
-        bleach.clean(
-            markdown.markdown(text, output_format='html5'),
-            tags=(
-                'a', 'abbr', 'acronym', 'b', 'blockquote', 'em', 'i', 'li',
-                'ol', 'p', 'sup', 'strong', 'ul',
-            ),
-        )
-    )
diff --git a/members/test_models.py b/members/test_models.py
index 04f97a87d..ce74a8379 100644
--- a/members/test_models.py
+++ b/members/test_models.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 from datetime import date, timedelta
 
 from django.test import TestCase
-from django.utils.safestring import SafeData
 
 from members.models import (
     GOLD_MEMBERSHIP, PLATINUM_MEMBERSHIP, SILVER_MEMBERSHIP, CorporateMember,
@@ -24,12 +23,6 @@ def setUp(self):
     def test_str(self):
         self.assertEqual(str(self.member), 'DjangoDeveloper')
 
-    def test_linked_name(self):
-        self.assertEqual(self.member.linked_name, 'DjangoDeveloper')
-        self.member.website = 'djangoproject.com'
-        self.assertEqual(self.member.linked_name, '<a href="djangoproject.com">DjangoDeveloper</a>')
-        self.assertIsInstance(self.member.linked_name, SafeData)
-
     def test_member_since_should_have_default(self):
         self.assertEqual(IndividualMember().member_since, date.today())
 
diff --git a/members/test_templatetags.py b/members/test_templatetags.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e1d2b90c..000000000
--- a/members/test_templatetags.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-from django.test import SimpleTestCase
-from django.utils.safestring import SafeData
-
-from .templatetags.markdown import markdownify
-
-
-class MarkdownifyTests(SimpleTestCase):
-    def test_str(self):
-        result = markdownify('Line\n\n[Link](https://www.djangoproject.com)')
-        self.assertEqual(
-            result,
-            '<p>Line</p>\n<p><a href="https://www.djangoproject.com">Link</a></p>',
-        )
-        self.assertIsInstance(result, SafeData)
diff --git a/requirements/common.txt b/requirements/common.txt
index e5a5190dd..bc2725f3c 100644
--- a/requirements/common.txt
+++ b/requirements/common.txt
@@ -2,14 +2,12 @@ bleach==2.1.4
 Django==2.1.2
 django-contact-form==1.6
 django-hosts==3.0
-django-markdownx==2.0.23
 django-push==1.1
 django-registration-redux==2.4
 docutils==0.14
 feedparser==5.2.1
 Jinja2==2.10
 libsass==0.15.0
-Markdown==2.6.11
 Pillow==5.3.0
 psycopg2-binary==2.7.5
 pygments==2.2.0