diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d33b0f8afd..1dd5feb8d1 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
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@@ -1633,9 +1783,7 @@ dependencies = [
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-"checksum pulldown-cmark 0.4.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "d1b74cc784b038a9921fd1a48310cc2e238101aa8ae0b94201e2d85121dd68b5"
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-"checksum pulldown-cmark-to-cmark 1.2.0 (git+https://github.com/euclio/pulldown-cmark-to-cmark.git?branch=cmark-upgrade)" = "<none>"
 "checksum quick-error 1.2.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "9274b940887ce9addde99c4eee6b5c44cc494b182b97e73dc8ffdcb3397fd3f0"
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@@ -1663,6 +1811,7 @@ dependencies = [
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 "checksum serde_json 1.0.32 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "43344e7ce05d0d8280c5940cabb4964bea626aa58b1ec0e8c73fa2a8512a38ce"
+"checksum sha-1 0.8.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "23962131a91661d643c98940b20fcaffe62d776a823247be80a48fcb8b6fce68"
 "checksum sha1 0.6.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "2579985fda508104f7587689507983eadd6a6e84dd35d6d115361f530916fa0d"
 "checksum shlex 0.1.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "7fdf1b9db47230893d76faad238fd6097fd6d6a9245cd7a4d90dbd639536bbd2"
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@@ -1696,9 +1845,14 @@ dependencies = [
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+"checksum twoway 0.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "766345ed3891b291d01af307cd3ad2992a4261cb6c0c7e665cd3e01cf379dd24"
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+"checksum typed-arena 1.4.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "c6c06a92aef38bb4dc5b0df00d68496fc31307c5344c867bb61678c6e1671ec5"
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+"checksum ucd-trie 0.1.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "71a9c5b1fe77426cf144cc30e49e955270f5086e31a6441dfa8b32efc09b9d77"
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+"checksum unchecked-index 0.2.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "eeba86d422ce181a719445e51872fa30f1f7413b62becb52e95ec91aa262d85c"
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@@ -1706,6 +1860,7 @@ dependencies = [
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diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 27cc4323b2..3f5fd8aeb4 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -51,8 +51,7 @@ ammonia = { version = "1.1", optional = true }
 select = "0.4"
 pretty_assertions = "0.5"
 walkdir = "2.0"
-# This is temporary until https://github.com/Byron/pulldown-cmark-to-cmark/pull/2 is merged.
-pulldown-cmark-to-cmark = { git="https://github.com/euclio/pulldown-cmark-to-cmark.git", branch="cmark-upgrade" }
+comrak = "0.6.2"
 
 [features]
 default = ["output", "watch", "serve", "search"]
diff --git a/examples/de-emphasize.rs b/examples/de-emphasize.rs
index 1cdf082307..6c807d3bb7 100644
--- a/examples/de-emphasize.rs
+++ b/examples/de-emphasize.rs
@@ -1,15 +1,12 @@
 //! An example preprocessor for removing all forms of emphasis from a markdown
 //! book.
 
+extern crate comrak;
 extern crate mdbook;
-extern crate pulldown_cmark;
-extern crate pulldown_cmark_to_cmark;
 
 use mdbook::book::{Book, BookItem, Chapter};
-use mdbook::errors::{Error, Result};
+use mdbook::errors::Result;
 use mdbook::preprocess::{Preprocessor, PreprocessorContext};
-use pulldown_cmark::{Event, Parser, Tag};
-use pulldown_cmark_to_cmark::fmt::cmark;
 
 const NAME: &str = "md-links-to-html-links";
 
@@ -58,23 +55,35 @@ where
 }
 
 fn remove_emphasis(num_removed_items: &mut usize, chapter: &mut Chapter) -> Result<String> {
-    let mut buf = String::with_capacity(chapter.content.len());
-
-    let events = Parser::new(&chapter.content).filter(|e| {
-        let should_keep = match *e {
-            Event::Start(Tag::Emphasis)
-            | Event::Start(Tag::Strong)
-            | Event::End(Tag::Emphasis)
-            | Event::End(Tag::Strong) => false,
-            _ => true,
-        };
-        if !should_keep {
+    // Parse the markdown to an AST, modify it, and then re-render it as markdown.
+    use comrak::nodes::{AstNode, NodeValue};
+
+    let arena = comrak::Arena::new();
+    let root = comrak::parse_document(&arena, &chapter.content, &comrak::ComrakOptions::default());
+
+    fn iter_nodes<'a, F>(node: &'a AstNode<'a>, f: &mut F)
+    where
+        F: FnMut(&'a AstNode<'a>),
+    {
+        f(node);
+        for c in node.children() {
+            iter_nodes(c, f);
+        }
+    }
+
+    iter_nodes(root, &mut |node| {
+        if let NodeValue::Emph = node.data.borrow().value {
             *num_removed_items += 1;
+            // Replace this node with its children, which is a Text node.
+            for child in node.children() {
+                node.insert_before(child);
+            }
+            node.detach();
         }
-        should_keep
     });
 
-    cmark(events, &mut buf, None)
-        .map(|_| buf)
-        .map_err(|err| Error::from(format!("Markdown serialization failed: {}", err)))
+    let mut new_markdown = vec![];
+    comrak::format_commonmark(root, &comrak::ComrakOptions::default(), &mut new_markdown)?;
+    let new_markdown = String::from_utf8(new_markdown)?;
+    Ok(new_markdown)
 }