diff --git a/javascripts/discourse/api-initializers/table-editor.js b/javascripts/discourse/api-initializers/table-editor.js
index f2205dc..76c1ea7 100644
--- a/javascripts/discourse/api-initializers/table-editor.js
+++ b/javascripts/discourse/api-initializers/table-editor.js
@@ -6,14 +6,11 @@ import { iconNode } from "discourse-common/lib/icon-library";
 import { create } from "virtual-dom";
 import { ajax } from "discourse/lib/ajax";
 import { popupAjaxError } from "discourse/lib/ajax-error";
-import Session from "discourse/models/session";
-import loadScript from "discourse/lib/load-script";
-import PrettyText, { buildOptions } from "pretty-text/pretty-text";
+import { parseAsync } from "discourse/lib/text";
 import { tokenRange } from "../discourse-table-builder/lib/utilities";
 
 export default apiInitializer("0.11.1", (api) => {
   const site = api.container.lookup("service:site");
-  const siteSettings = api.container.lookup("service:site-settings");
 
   function createButton() {
     const openPopupBtn = document.createElement("button");
@@ -37,27 +34,19 @@ export default apiInitializer("0.11.1", (api) => {
     const tableId = event.target.getAttribute("data-table-id");
 
     return ajax(`/posts/${this.id}`, { type: "GET" })
-      .then((post) => {
-        let markdownItURL = Session.currentProp("markdownItURL");
+      .then((post) =>
+        parseAsync(post.raw).then((tokens) => {
+          const allTables = tokenRange(tokens, "table_open", "table_close");
+          const tableTokens = allTables[tableId];
 
-        if (markdownItURL) {
-          loadScript(markdownItURL).then(() => {
-            const prettyText = new PrettyText(buildOptions({ siteSettings }));
-            const tokens = prettyText.opts.engine.parse(post.raw, {
-              references: {},
-            });
-            const allTables = tokenRange(tokens, "table_open", "table_close");
-            const tableTokens = allTables[tableId];
-
-            showModal("insert-table-modal", {
-              model: post,
-            }).setProperties({
-              tableId,
-              tableTokens,
-            });
+          showModal("insert-table-modal", {
+            model: post,
+          }).setProperties({
+            tableId,
+            tableTokens,
           });
-        }
-      })
+        })
+      )
       .catch(popupAjaxError);
   }