diff --git a/kolibri/core/package.json b/kolibri/core/package.json
index 404d3b25d09..087e8778699 100644
--- a/kolibri/core/package.json
+++ b/kolibri/core/package.json
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
     "lockr": "0.8.4",
     "lodash": "^4.17.21",
     "loglevel": "^1.4.1",
-    "markdown-it": "12.3.2",
     "screenfull": "^4.0.0",
     "shave": "^5.0.0",
     "tinycolor2": "^1.4.2",
diff --git a/kolibri/plugins/coach/package.json b/kolibri/plugins/coach/package.json
index 8f92c01e070..19683e53955 100644
--- a/kolibri/plugins/coach/package.json
+++ b/kolibri/plugins/coach/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@
   "description": "Coach Plugin for Kolibri",
   "private": true,
   "version": "0.0.1",
+  "workspaces": {
+    "nohoist": ["markdown-it", "markdown-it/**"]
+  },
   "dependencies": {
+    "markdown-it": "12.3.2",
     "truncate-utf8-bytes": "^1.0.2"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/kolibri-core-for-export/package.json b/packages/kolibri-core-for-export/package.json
index bfac40e7125..f5ffe69f0e6 100644
--- a/packages/kolibri-core-for-export/package.json
+++ b/packages/kolibri-core-for-export/package.json
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
     "lockr": "0.8.4",
     "lodash": "^4.17.21",
     "loglevel": "^1.4.1",
-    "markdown-it": "12.3.2",
     "screenfull": "^4.0.0",
     "shave": "^5.0.0",
     "tinycolor2": "^1.4.2",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 6507bd3bef1..bda2893a838 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -8397,7 +8397,7 @@ mdn-data@2.0.23:
 mdurl@^1.0.1:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mdurl/-/mdurl-1.0.1.tgz#fe85b2ec75a59037f2adfec100fd6c601761152e"
-  integrity sha1-/oWy7HWlkDfyrf7BAP1sYBdhFS4=
+  integrity sha512-/sKlQJCBYVY9Ers9hqzKou4H6V5UWc/M59TH2dvkt+84itfnq7uFOMLpOiOS4ujvHP4etln18fmIxA5R5fll0g==
 
 media-typer@0.3.0:
   version "0.3.0"