diff --git a/INSTALL.txt b/INSTALL.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index edacd82..0000000
--- a/INSTALL.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-(* OASIS_START *)
-(* DO NOT EDIT (digest: 0285bf40fba5c66740b69a483c4c7639) *)
-This is the INSTALL file for the ocaml-markdown distribution.
-
-This package uses OASIS to generate its build system. See section OASIS for
-full information. 
-
-Dependencies
-============
-
-In order to compile this package, you will need:
-* ocaml for all, test main
-* findlib
-* extlib for library markdown
-* sexplib for library markdown
-* tyxml for library html
-* oUnit for executable test
-
-Installing
-==========
-
-1. Uncompress the source archive and go to the root of the package
-2. Run 'ocaml setup.ml -configure'
-3. Run 'ocaml setup.ml -build'
-4. Run 'ocaml setup.ml -install'
-
-Uninstalling
-============
-
-1. Go to the root of the package 
-2. Run 'ocaml setup.ml -uninstall'
-
-OASIS
-=====
-
-OASIS is a program that generates a setup.ml file using a simple '_oasis'
-configuration file. The generated setup only depends on the standard OCaml
-installation: no additional library is required.
-
-(* OASIS_STOP *)
diff --git a/_oasis b/_oasis
index f03eb3f..5d29e76 100644
--- a/_oasis
+++ b/_oasis
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ BuildTools:  ocamlbuild
 Library markdown
   Path:         src
   Modules:      Markdown
-  BuildDepends: extlib, str, sexplib
+  BuildDepends: extlib, str
 
 Library html
   FindlibParent: markdown
diff --git a/_tags b/_tags
deleted file mode 100644
index 5255ce3..0000000
--- a/_tags
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# OASIS_START
-# OASIS_STOP
-
-"src/Markdown.ml": syntax_camlp4o, pkg_sexplib.syntax
diff --git a/src/Markdown.ml b/src/Markdown.ml
index 1a9e29a..4043e36 100644
--- a/src/Markdown.ml
+++ b/src/Markdown.ml
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 open Printf
 open ExtString
 open ExtList
-open Sexplib.Conv
-
-TYPE_CONV_PATH "Simple_markup"
 
 type ref = { src : string; desc : string }
 
@@ -32,13 +29,10 @@ and href = { href_target : string; href_desc : string; }
 
 and img_ref = { img_src : string; img_alt : string; }
 
-and par_list = paragraph list with sexp
+and par_list = paragraph list
 
 type parse_state = { max : int; current : Buffer.t; fragments : text list; }
 
-let string_of_paragraph p = Sexplib.Sexp.to_string_hum (sexp_of_paragraph p)
-let string_of_paragraphs ps = Sexplib.Sexp.to_string_hum (sexp_of_par_list ps)
-
 let indentation ?(ts=8) s =
   let rec loop n indent max =
     if n >= max then indent
diff --git a/test/TestMarkdown.ml b/test/TestMarkdown.ml
index fd284c9..3fb4c2d 100644
--- a/test/TestMarkdown.ml
+++ b/test/TestMarkdown.ml
@@ -4,11 +4,8 @@ open Markdown
 open Printf
 open ExtString
 
-let wrap f x =
-  "\n" ^ f x ^ "\n"
-
 let aeq_pars ?msg expected actual =
-  assert_equal ?msg ~printer:(wrap string_of_paragraphs) expected actual
+  assert_equal ?msg expected actual
 
 let check expected input =
   aeq_pars ~msg:(sprintf "With input:\n%s\n" (String.strip input))