diff --git a/sites/svelte.dev/package-lock.json b/sites/svelte.dev/package-lock.json
index b362543efd..05781d383c 100644
--- a/sites/svelte.dev/package-lock.json
+++ b/sites/svelte.dev/package-lock.json
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
         "do-not-zip": "^1.0.0",
         "flexsearch": "^0.7.31",
         "flru": "^1.0.2",
-        "slugify": "^1.6.5",
         "sourcemap-codec": "^1.4.8",
         "svelte-local-storage-store": "^0.4.0"
       },
@@ -3454,14 +3453,6 @@
         "node": ">= 10"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/slugify": {
-      "version": "1.6.5",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/slugify/-/slugify-1.6.5.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-8mo9bslnBO3tr5PEVFzMPIWwWnipGS0xVbYf65zxDqfNwmzYn1LpiKNrR6DlClusuvo+hDHd1zKpmfAe83NQSQ==",
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=8.0.0"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/sorcery": {
       "version": "0.11.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/sorcery/-/sorcery-0.11.0.tgz",
@@ -6529,11 +6520,6 @@
         "totalist": "^3.0.0"
       }
     },
-    "slugify": {
-      "version": "1.6.5",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/slugify/-/slugify-1.6.5.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-8mo9bslnBO3tr5PEVFzMPIWwWnipGS0xVbYf65zxDqfNwmzYn1LpiKNrR6DlClusuvo+hDHd1zKpmfAe83NQSQ=="
-    },
     "sorcery": {
       "version": "0.11.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/sorcery/-/sorcery-0.11.0.tgz",
diff --git a/sites/svelte.dev/package.json b/sites/svelte.dev/package.json
index 792ad728a5..e93bac371e 100644
--- a/sites/svelte.dev/package.json
+++ b/sites/svelte.dev/package.json
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
     "do-not-zip": "^1.0.0",
     "flexsearch": "^0.7.31",
     "flru": "^1.0.2",
-    "slugify": "^1.6.5",
     "sourcemap-codec": "^1.4.8",
     "svelte-local-storage-store": "^0.4.0"
   },
diff --git a/sites/svelte.dev/src/lib/search/content.js b/sites/svelte.dev/src/lib/search/content.js
index 2de86eac7f..8ebf6b5e23 100644
--- a/sites/svelte.dev/src/lib/search/content.js
+++ b/sites/svelte.dev/src/lib/search/content.js
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ export function content() {
 
 				const intro = subsections.shift().trim();
 
+				console.log(normalizeSlugify(h3));
 				blocks.push({
 					breadcrumbs: [...breadcrumbs, removeMarkdown(metadata.title), removeMarkdown(h3)],
 					href: category.href([slug, normalizeSlugify(h3)]),
diff --git a/sites/svelte.dev/src/lib/server/docs/index.js b/sites/svelte.dev/src/lib/server/docs/index.js
index 2a10a5a8ce..5f95a4954b 100644
--- a/sites/svelte.dev/src/lib/server/docs/index.js
+++ b/sites/svelte.dev/src/lib/server/docs/index.js
@@ -13,7 +13,19 @@ import ts, { ScriptTarget } from 'typescript';
 import MagicString from 'magic-string';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
 import { createHash } from 'crypto';
-import slugify from 'slugify';
+
+/** @param {string} title */
+export function slugify(title) {
+	return title
+		.toLowerCase()
+		.replace(/'/g, '')
+		.replace(/</g, '')
+		.replace(/>/g, '')
+		.replace(/[^a-z0-9-$]/g, '-')
+		.replace(/-{2,}/g, '-')
+		.replace(/^-/, '')
+		.replace(/-$/, '');
+}
 
 /** @param {string} markdown */
 export function removeMarkdown(markdown) {
@@ -28,9 +40,14 @@ export function removeMarkdown(markdown) {
 		.trim();
 }
 
+/** @param {string} html */
+export function removeHTMLEntities(html) {
+	return html.replace(/&.+?;/g, '');
+}
+
 /** @param {string} str */
 export const normalizeSlugify = (str) => {
-	return slugify(removeMarkdown(str));
+	return slugify(removeHTMLEntities(removeMarkdown(str))).replace(/(<([^>]+)>)/gi, '');
 };
 
 const base = '../../site/content/docs/';
@@ -341,7 +358,7 @@ function parse({ file, body, code, codespan }) {
 
 			current = title;
 
-			const normalized = normalizeSlugify(raw).replace(/(<([^>]+)>)/gi, '');
+			const normalized = normalizeSlugify(raw);
 
 			headings[level - 1] = normalized;
 			headings.length = level;