diff --git a/build/metaschema/json/md-oscal-converter.xsl b/build/metaschema/json/md-oscal-converter.xsl
index 9a698fc7d5..52bb262fab 100644
--- a/build/metaschema/json/md-oscal-converter.xsl
+++ b/build/metaschema/json/md-oscal-converter.xsl
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@
             <q>"<text/>"</q>
             
             <img         alt="!\[{{$text}}\]" src="\({{$text}}\)"/>
-            <insert param-id="\{{{{$nws}}\}}"/>
+            <insert param-id="\{{\{{{{$nws}}\}}\}}"/>
             
             <a href="\[{{$text}}\]">\(<text/>\)</a>
             <code>`<text/>`</code>
@@ -447,16 +447,16 @@ Paragraph, \n\nand new paragraph
 
 Bit of `code` here and there, such as one might have along with *italics*.
 
- { ac-4.4_prm_2 } 
+no insertion here: { ac-4.4_prm_2 } 
  
  
 Extra long x
             y and z
             
 
-Here's a text with a parameter insertion: { insert }
+Here's a text with a *parameter* insertion: {{ insert }}
 
-{insert-me}            
+{{insert-me}}            
 
 And interesting.
 
diff --git a/build/metaschema/json/produce-json-converter.xsl b/build/metaschema/json/produce-json-converter.xsl
index 6c2331daa5..7045449676 100644
--- a/build/metaschema/json/produce-json-converter.xsl
+++ b/build/metaschema/json/produce-json-converter.xsl
@@ -313,19 +313,6 @@
         </XSLT:for-each>
     </xsl:template>
     
-   <!-- <XSLT:template match="array[@key='prose']" priority="11" mode="json2xml">
-        <XSLT:variable name="text-contents" select="string-join(string,'&#xA;')"/>
-        <XSLT:call-template name="parse">
-            <XSLT:with-param name="markdown-str" select="$text-contents"/>
-        </XSLT:call-template>
-    </XSLT:template>
-    
-    <XSLT:template match="string[@key='prose']" priority="11" mode="json2xml">
-        <XSLT:call-template name="parse">
-            <XSLT:with-param name="markdown-str" select="string(.)"/>
-        </XSLT:call-template>
-    </XSLT:template>-->
-    
     <xsl:template name="render-markdown-field">
         <XSLT:variable name="markup">
             <XSLT:apply-templates mode="infer-inlines"/>
@@ -333,20 +320,6 @@
         <XSLT:apply-templates mode="cast-ns" select="$markup"/>
     </xsl:template>
     
-    <!--<xsl:template priority="2" match="define-field[exists(flag)]" mode="field-text">
-        <!-\- XXX to do: fetch value for alternative label       -\->
-        <XSLT:apply-templates mode="json2xml" select="string[@key=('{$string-value-label}','{$markdown-value-label}')]"/>
-    </xsl:template>-->
-    
-    <!--<xsl:template match="define-assembly[exists(json-key) and matches(@group-as,'\S')]">
-        <XSLT:template match="map[@key='{@group-as}']" priority="4" mode="json2xml">
-            <XSLT:apply-templates mode="#current"/>
-        </XSLT:template>
-        
-        <xsl:next-match/>
-    </xsl:template>-->
-    
-    
     <xsl:template match="define-assembly">
         <xsl:variable name="group-names" select="distinct-values(key('references-by-name',@name)/group-as/@name)"/>
         <xsl:variable name="single-match" as="xs:string" expand-text="true">*[@key='{@name}']</xsl:variable>
@@ -426,16 +399,6 @@
             <XSLT:apply-templates mode="#current"/>
         </XSLT:template>
         
-        
-        
-        <!-- drops all strings except those expecting the inline markup -->
-        <!--<XSLT:template match="string" mode="handle-inlines">
-            <XSLT:variable name="markup">
-                <XSLT:apply-templates mode="infer-inlines"/>
-            </XSLT:variable>
-            <XSLT:apply-templates mode="cast-ns" select="$markup"/>
-        </XSLT:template>-->
-        
         <XSLT:template match="string[@key='{$markdown-value-label}']" mode="json2xml">
             <!--<XSLT:apply-templates select="." mode="handle-inlines"/>-->
             <XSLT:call-template name="parse">
@@ -449,10 +412,6 @@
         
         <XSLT:template mode="as-attribute" match="*"/>
         
-        <!--<XSLT:template mode="as-attribute" match="map">
-            <XSLT:apply-templates mode="#current"/>
-        </XSLT:template>-->
-        
         <XSLT:template mode="as-attribute"  match="string[@key='id']" priority="0.4">
             <XSLT:attribute name="id">
                 <XSLT:apply-templates mode="#current"/>
diff --git a/build/metaschema/xml/produce-xml-converter.xsl b/build/metaschema/xml/produce-xml-converter.xsl
index 400b6adb3e..50c4d150c7 100644
--- a/build/metaschema/xml/produce-xml-converter.xsl
+++ b/build/metaschema/xml/produce-xml-converter.xsl
@@ -579,9 +579,9 @@
 
         <!-- <insert param-id="ac-1_prm_1"/> -->
         <XSLT:template mode="md" match="insert">
-            <XSLT:text>{ </XSLT:text>
+            <XSLT:text>{{ </XSLT:text>
             <XSLT:value-of select="@param-id"/>
-            <XSLT:text> }</XSLT:text>
+            <XSLT:text> }}</XSLT:text>
         </XSLT:template>
 
         <XSLT:key name="element-by-id" match="*[exists(@id)]" use="@id"/>