diff --git a/common/tools/eslint-plugin-azure-sdk/package.json b/common/tools/eslint-plugin-azure-sdk/package.json
index 1ee0456e8ab1..80772d7e9ca7 100644
--- a/common/tools/eslint-plugin-azure-sdk/package.json
+++ b/common/tools/eslint-plugin-azure-sdk/package.json
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "~8.24.1",
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "~8.24.1",
     "eslint": "^9.9.0",
-    "eslint-plugin-markdown": "^5.0.0",
     "eslint-plugin-n": "^17.15.0",
     "eslint-plugin-no-only-tests": "^3.3.0",
     "eslint-plugin-promise": "^7.2.1",
@@ -118,7 +117,6 @@
     "@vitest/browser": "^3.0.3",
     "@vitest/coverage-istanbul": "^3.0.3",
     "eslint": "^9.9.0",
-    "eslint-plugin-markdown": "^5.0.0",
     "playwright": "^1.49.1",
     "prettier": "^3.3.3",
     "rimraf": "^5.0.5",
diff --git a/common/tools/eslint-plugin-azure-sdk/src/configs/index.ts b/common/tools/eslint-plugin-azure-sdk/src/configs/index.ts
index ea42c155480d..181a3aa28d18 100644
--- a/common/tools/eslint-plugin-azure-sdk/src/configs/index.ts
+++ b/common/tools/eslint-plugin-azure-sdk/src/configs/index.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,9 @@ import eslint from "@eslint/js";
 import typescriptEslint from "typescript-eslint";
 import type { FlatConfig } from "@typescript-eslint/utils/ts-eslint";
 import eslintConfigPrettier from "eslint-config-prettier";
-import markdown from "eslint-plugin-markdown";
 import promise from "eslint-plugin-promise";
 
 import eslintCustomized from "./eslint-customized.js";
-import markdownCustomized from "./markdown-customized.js";
 import azureSdkCustomized from "./azure-sdk-customized.js";
 
 function recommended(plugin: FlatConfig.Plugin, options: { typeChecked: boolean }) {
@@ -26,7 +24,6 @@ function recommended(plugin: FlatConfig.Plugin, options: { typeChecked: boolean
     {
       plugins: {
         "@azure/azure-sdk": plugin,
-        markdown,
         promise,
       },
     },
@@ -35,7 +32,6 @@ function recommended(plugin: FlatConfig.Plugin, options: { typeChecked: boolean
 
     // azure sdk customized
     eslintCustomized,
-    ...markdownCustomized,
     ...azureSdkCustomized(typescriptEslint.parser),
   );
 }
diff --git a/common/tools/eslint-plugin-azure-sdk/src/configs/markdown-customized.ts b/common/tools/eslint-plugin-azure-sdk/src/configs/markdown-customized.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 0fd3e73016dd..000000000000
--- a/common/tools/eslint-plugin-azure-sdk/src/configs/markdown-customized.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
-// Licensed under the MIT License.
-
-import type { FlatConfig } from "@typescript-eslint/utils/ts-eslint";
-import typescriptEslint from "typescript-eslint";
-
-const markdownConfigs: FlatConfig.ConfigArray = [
-  {
-    files: ["**/*.md"],
-    ignores: ["**/*.api.md"],
-    processor: "markdown/markdown",
-  },
-  {
-    name: "markdown-js-azsdk-customized",
-    files: ["*.md/*.js", "*/*/*.md/*.js"],
-    languageOptions: {
-      parserOptions: {
-        project: true,
-        programs: null,
-      },
-    },
-    ...typescriptEslint.configs.disableTypeChecked,
-    rules: {
-      "no-unused-vars": "off",
-      "no-undef": "off",
-      "no-console": "off",
-      "no-restricted-imports": [
-        "error",
-        {
-          patterns: [
-            {
-              group: ["*"],
-              message: "Please use require instead of import.",
-            },
-          ],
-        },
-      ],
-      "@typescript-eslint/no-var-requires": "off",
-      "@typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars": "off",
-      "@typescript-eslint/no-require-imports": "off",
-    },
-  },
-  {
-    name: "markdown-ts-azsdk-customized",
-    files: ["*.md/*.ts", "*/*/*.md/*.ts"],
-    languageOptions: {
-      parserOptions: {
-        project: true,
-        programs: null,
-      },
-    },
-    ...typescriptEslint.configs.disableTypeChecked,
-    rules: {
-      "@typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars": "off",
-      "@typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions": "off",
-    },
-  },
-];
-
-export default markdownConfigs;
diff --git a/common/tools/eslint-plugin-azure-sdk/src/index.ts b/common/tools/eslint-plugin-azure-sdk/src/index.ts
index 2eb56570c9bd..c60513200cf3 100644
--- a/common/tools/eslint-plugin-azure-sdk/src/index.ts
+++ b/common/tools/eslint-plugin-azure-sdk/src/index.ts
@@ -19,38 +19,10 @@ const plugin: Omit<FlatConfig.Plugin, "configs"> = {
 // assign configs here so we can reference `plugin`
 const configs = azsdkConfigs(plugin);
 
-// helper to ensure azure sdk markdown rules are not overridden by custom rules
 function config(customConfigs?: FlatConfig.ConfigArray) {
-  const updated = customConfigs?.length
-    ? customConfigs.map((rule) => {
-        if (!rule.files) {
-          return rule;
-        }
-
-        const containsMarkdownFiles = (patterns: (string | string[])[]) => {
-          if (Array.isArray(patterns) && patterns.some((p) => p.includes("/*.md/"))) {
-            return true;
-          } else if (patterns.includes("/*.md/")) {
-            return true;
-          }
-
-          return false;
-        };
-        // is the rule for *.md?
-        if (containsMarkdownFiles(rule.files)) {
-          return rule;
-        }
-
-        return {
-          ...rule,
-          ignores: [...(rule.ignores ?? []), "**/*.md/*.ts", "**/*.md/*.js", "**/*.md/*.json"],
-        };
-      })
-    : [];
-
   return [
     ...configs.recommended,
-    ...updated,
+    ...(customConfigs ?? []),
     {
       ignores: ["**/test/snippets.spec.ts", "**/test/stress"],
     },