diff --git a/markdown/markdown.scrbl b/markdown/markdown.scrbl
index 3a97589..16992b3 100644
--- a/markdown/markdown.scrbl
+++ b/markdown/markdown.scrbl
@@ -201,8 +201,7 @@ Markdown Extra} and
 
 @item{Support for math-jax expressions --- inline within @litchar{\\(}
 and @litchar{\\)} delimiters and display within @litchar{\\[} and
-@litchar{\\]} delimiters --- resulting in @tt{script} elements with
-@tt{type=math/tex}.}
+@litchar{\\]} delimiters --- resulting in eqivalent markup in the output.}
 
 ]}
 
diff --git a/markdown/parse.rkt b/markdown/parse.rkt
index b0f5628..6e98011 100644
--- a/markdown/parse.rkt
+++ b/markdown/parse.rkt
@@ -637,14 +637,12 @@
 (define $math-jax-inline
   (try (pdo (string "\\\\(")
             (xs <- (many1Till $anyChar (try (string "\\\\)"))))
-            (return `(script ([type "math/tex"])
-                             ,(list->string xs))))))
+            (return (string-append "\\(" (list->string xs) "\\)")))))
 
 (define $math-jax-display
   (try (pdo (string "\\\\[")
             (xs <- (many1Till $anyChar (try (string "\\\\]"))))
-            (return `(script ([type "math/tex; mode=display"])
-                             ,(list->string xs))))))
+            (return (string-append "\\[" (list->string xs) "\\]")))))
 
 (define $math-jax
   (<or> $math-jax-inline
diff --git a/markdown/test.rkt b/markdown/test.rkt
index c1ae407..1f628a8 100644
--- a/markdown/test.rkt
+++ b/markdown/test.rkt
@@ -930,11 +930,9 @@
                       (!HTML-COMMENT () " more")))))
   ;; https://github.com/greghendershott/markdown/issues/52
   (check-md "\\\\(ax^2 + bx + c = 0\\\\)"
-            '((p () (script ((type "math/tex"))
-                            "ax^2 + bx + c = 0"))))
+            '((p () "\\(ax^2 + bx + c = 0\\)")))
   (check-md "\\\\[ax^2 + bx + c = 0\\\\]"
-            '((p () (script ((type "math/tex; mode=display"))
-                            "ax^2 + bx + c = 0"))))
+            '((p () "\\[ax^2 + bx + c = 0\\]")))
   ;; but single \ still escapes as usual and the contents are still
   ;; parsed as markdown:
   (check-md "\\(some *italic* text\\)"