diff --git a/.changeset/wicked-dots-attend.md b/.changeset/wicked-dots-attend.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b1ecda41f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/wicked-dots-attend.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"gitbook-docs": patch
+---
+
+Remove a workaround causing paragraphs to have %p inside tables
diff --git a/packages/gitbook-docs/src/__tests__/parseContent.test.ts b/packages/gitbook-docs/src/__tests__/parseContent.test.ts
index 42bfa22f3a..e99ecccf3b 100644
--- a/packages/gitbook-docs/src/__tests__/parseContent.test.ts
+++ b/packages/gitbook-docs/src/__tests__/parseContent.test.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ const config = {
 describe('parseContent', () => {
   it('should ignore any <p> tag', () => {
     expect(parseContent('<p>Hello there!</p>', config)).toStrictEqual([
-      new Markdoc.Tag('Paragraph', {}, ['Hello there!']),
+      'Hello there!',
     ]);
   });
   it('should parse heading', () => {
diff --git a/packages/gitbook-docs/src/parseContent.ts b/packages/gitbook-docs/src/parseContent.ts
index bcd1d8f21a..f81159809b 100644
--- a/packages/gitbook-docs/src/parseContent.ts
+++ b/packages/gitbook-docs/src/parseContent.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ const imgR = unpairedHtmlTag('img');
 const figureR = pairedHtmlTag('figure');
 const figcaptionR = pairedHtmlTag('figcaption');
 const markR = pairedHtmlTag('mark');
-const pR = pairedHtmlTag('p');
 const detailsR = pairedHtmlTag('details');
 const summaryR = pairedHtmlTag('summary');
 const fileR = {
@@ -101,7 +100,6 @@ export const parseAst = (markdown: string) => {
     .replaceAll(figureR.regex, figureR.replace)
     .replaceAll(figcaptionR.regex, figcaptionR.replace)
     .replaceAll(markR.regex, markR.replace)
-    .replaceAll(pR.regex, pR.replace)
     .replaceAll(detailsR.regex, detailsR.replace)
     .replaceAll(summaryR.regex, summaryR.replace)
     .replaceAll('{% @figma/embed', '{% figma-embed')