diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 3df9bee3127..6db575c337c 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ group :jekyll_plugins do
   gem 'octopress-codefence'
   gem 'octopress-filters'
   gem 'octopress-include-tag'
-  # gem 'octopress-solarized'
 end
 
 gem 'sinatra', '~> 1.4.2'
diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index aabc6afacda..92bbb08ce7c 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ plugins_dir: plugins
 code_dir: downloads/code
 category_dir: blog/categories
 markdown: redcarpet
+
+redcarpet:
+  extensions: ["no_intra_emphasis", "fenced_code_blocks", "autolink", "tables", "with_toc_data"]
+
 highlighter: pygments
 
 gems: