diff --git a/template.go b/template.go
index 2112f806..654bdf3f 100644
--- a/template.go
+++ b/template.go
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ func init() {
 	beegoTplFuncMap = make(template.FuncMap)
 	BeeTemplateExt = make([]string, 0)
 	BeeTemplateExt = append(BeeTemplateExt, "tpl", "html")
-	beegoTplFuncMap["markdown"] = MarkDown
 	beegoTplFuncMap["dateformat"] = DateFormat
 	beegoTplFuncMap["date"] = Date
 	beegoTplFuncMap["compare"] = Compare
diff --git a/utils.go b/utils.go
index dc1c75fd..c5b27638 100644
--- a/utils.go
+++ b/utils.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package beego
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/russross/blackfriday"
 	"html/template"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
@@ -17,14 +16,6 @@ func webTime(t time.Time) string {
 	return ftime
 }
 
-// MarkDown parses a string in MarkDown format and returns HTML. Used by the template parser as "markdown"
-func MarkDown(raw string) (output template.HTML) {
-	input := []byte(raw)
-	bOutput := blackfriday.MarkdownBasic(input)
-	output = template.HTML(string(bOutput))
-	return
-}
-
 func Substr(s string, start, length int) string {
 	bt := []rune(s)
 	if start < 0 {