diff --git a/docs/src/modules/components/AppTableOfContents.js b/docs/src/modules/components/AppTableOfContents.js
index 7cd92269a00257..217333658de183 100644
--- a/docs/src/modules/components/AppTableOfContents.js
+++ b/docs/src/modules/components/AppTableOfContents.js
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 /* eslint-disable react/no-danger */
 import React from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
-import marked from 'marked/lib/marked';
 import throttle from 'lodash/throttle';
 import clsx from 'clsx';
 import Box from '@material-ui/core/Box';
 import { useSelector } from 'react-redux';
 import { makeStyles } from '@material-ui/core/styles';
 import Typography from '@material-ui/core/Typography';
+import { render as renderMarkdown } from 'docs/src/modules/utils/parseMarkdown';
 import textToHash from 'docs/src/modules/utils/textToHash';
 import DiamondSponsors from 'docs/src/modules/components/DiamondSponsors';
 import Link from 'docs/src/modules/components/Link';
@@ -60,43 +60,6 @@ const useStyles = makeStyles((theme) => ({
   active: {},
 }));
 
-const renderer = new marked.Renderer();
-
-function setRenderer(itemsCollector, unique) {
-  renderer.heading = (text2, level) => {
-    const text = text2
-      .replace(
-        /([\uE000-\uF8FF]|\uD83C[\uDC00-\uDFFF]|\uD83D[\uDC00-\uDFFF]|[\u2011-\u26FF]|\uD83E[\uDD10-\uDDFF])/g,
-        '',
-      ) // remove emojis
-      .replace(/<\/?[^>]+(>|$)/g, ''); // remove HTML
-
-    if (level === 2) {
-      itemsCollector.current.push({
-        text,
-        level,
-        hash: textToHash(text, unique),
-        children: [],
-      });
-    } else if (level === 3) {
-      if (!itemsCollector.current[itemsCollector.current.length - 1]) {
-        throw new Error(`Missing parent level for: ${text}`);
-      }
-
-      itemsCollector.current[itemsCollector.current.length - 1].children.push({
-        text,
-        level,
-        hash: textToHash(text, unique),
-      });
-    }
-  };
-}
-
-function getItemsServer(contents, itemsCollector) {
-  marked(contents.join(''), { renderer });
-  return itemsCollector.current;
-}
-
 function getItemsClient(items) {
   const itemsClient = [];
 
@@ -145,9 +108,40 @@ export default function AppTableOfContents(props) {
   const t = useSelector((state) => state.options.t);
 
   const itemsServer = React.useMemo(() => {
-    const itemsCollectorRef = { current: [] };
-    setRenderer(itemsCollectorRef, {});
-    return getItemsServer(contents, itemsCollectorRef);
+    const items = [];
+    const unique = {};
+
+    renderMarkdown(contents.join(''), {
+      heading: (text2, level) => {
+        const text = text2
+          .replace(
+            /([\uE000-\uF8FF]|\uD83C[\uDC00-\uDFFF]|\uD83D[\uDC00-\uDFFF]|[\u2011-\u26FF]|\uD83E[\uDD10-\uDDFF])/g,
+            '',
+          ) // remove emojis
+          .replace(/<\/?[^>]+(>|$)/g, ''); // remove HTML
+
+        if (level === 2) {
+          items.push({
+            text,
+            level,
+            hash: textToHash(text, unique),
+            children: [],
+          });
+        } else if (level === 3) {
+          if (!items[items.length - 1]) {
+            throw new Error(`Missing parent level for: ${text}`);
+          }
+
+          items[items.length - 1].children.push({
+            text,
+            level,
+            hash: textToHash(text, unique),
+          });
+        }
+      },
+    });
+
+    return items;
   }, [contents]);
 
   const itemsClientRef = React.useRef([]);
diff --git a/docs/src/modules/components/MarkdownElement.js b/docs/src/modules/components/MarkdownElement.js
index 1ca0f06935ca05..bd60873db434bc 100644
--- a/docs/src/modules/components/MarkdownElement.js
+++ b/docs/src/modules/components/MarkdownElement.js
@@ -2,44 +2,11 @@ import React from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import clsx from 'clsx';
 import { useSelector } from 'react-redux';
-import marked from 'marked/lib/marked';
 import { withStyles } from '@material-ui/core/styles';
 import textToHash from 'docs/src/modules/utils/textToHash';
+import { render as renderMarkdown } from 'docs/src/modules/utils/parseMarkdown';
 import prism from 'docs/src/modules/components/prism';
 
-// Monkey patch to preserve non-breaking spaces
-// https://github.com/chjj/marked/blob/6b0416d10910702f73da9cb6bb3d4c8dcb7dead7/lib/marked.js#L142-L150
-marked.Lexer.prototype.lex = function lex(src) {
-  src = src
-    .replace(/\r\n|\r/g, '\n')
-    .replace(/\t/g, '    ')
-    .replace(/\u2424/g, '\n');
-
-  return this.token(src, true);
-};
-
-const renderer = new marked.Renderer();
-renderer.heading = (text, level) => {
-  // Small title. No need for an anchor.
-  // It's reducing the risk of duplicated id and it's fewer elements in the DOM.
-  if (level >= 4) {
-    return `<h${level}>${text}</h${level}>`;
-  }
-
-  // eslint-disable-next-line no-underscore-dangle
-  const hash = textToHash(text, global.__MARKED_UNIQUE__);
-
-  return [
-    `<h${level}>`,
-    `<a class="anchor-link" id="${hash}"></a>`,
-    text,
-    `<a class="anchor-link-style" aria-hidden="true" aria-label="anchor" href="#${hash}">`,
-    '<svg><use xlink:href="#anchor-link-icon" /></svg>',
-    '</a>',
-    `</h${level}>`,
-  ].join('');
-};
-
 const externs = [
   'https://material.io/',
   'https://getbootstrap.com/',
@@ -50,70 +17,6 @@ const externs = [
   'https://ui-kit.co/',
 ];
 
-renderer.link = (href, title, text) => {
-  let more = '';
-
-  if (externs.some((domain) => href.indexOf(domain) !== -1)) {
-    more = ' target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow"';
-  }
-
-  // eslint-disable-next-line no-underscore-dangle
-  const userLanguage = global.__MARKED_USER_LANGUAGE__;
-  let finalHref = href;
-
-  if (userLanguage !== 'en' && finalHref.indexOf('/') === 0 && finalHref !== '/size-snapshot') {
-    finalHref = `/${userLanguage}${finalHref}`;
-  }
-
-  return `<a href="${finalHref}"${more}>${text}</a>`;
-};
-
-const markedOptions = {
-  gfm: true,
-  tables: true,
-  breaks: false,
-  pedantic: false,
-  sanitize: false,
-  smartLists: true,
-  smartypants: false,
-  highlight(code, language) {
-    let prismLanguage;
-    switch (language) {
-      case 'ts':
-        prismLanguage = prism.languages.tsx;
-        break;
-
-      case 'js':
-      case 'sh':
-        prismLanguage = prism.languages.jsx;
-        break;
-
-      case 'diff':
-        prismLanguage = { ...prism.languages.diff };
-        // original `/^[-<].*$/m` matches lines starting with `<` which matches
-        // <SomeComponent />
-        // we will only use `-` as the deleted marker
-        prismLanguage.deleted = /^[-].*$/m;
-        break;
-
-      default:
-        prismLanguage = prism.languages[language];
-        break;
-    }
-
-    if (!prismLanguage) {
-      if (language) {
-        throw new Error(`unsupported language: "${language}", "${code}"`);
-      } else {
-        prismLanguage = prism.languages.jsx;
-      }
-    }
-
-    return prism.highlight(code, prismLanguage);
-  },
-  renderer,
-};
-
 const styles = (theme) => ({
   root: {
     ...theme.typography.body1,
@@ -301,14 +204,90 @@ function MarkdownElement(props) {
 
   const userLanguage = useSelector((state) => state.options.userLanguage);
 
-  // eslint-disable-next-line no-underscore-dangle
-  global.__MARKED_USER_LANGUAGE__ = userLanguage;
+  const renderedMarkdown = React.useMemo(() => {
+    return renderMarkdown(text, {
+      highlight(code, language) {
+        let prismLanguage;
+        switch (language) {
+          case 'ts':
+            prismLanguage = prism.languages.tsx;
+            break;
+
+          case 'js':
+          case 'sh':
+            prismLanguage = prism.languages.jsx;
+            break;
+
+          case 'diff':
+            prismLanguage = { ...prism.languages.diff };
+            // original `/^[-<].*$/m` matches lines starting with `<` which matches
+            // <SomeComponent />
+            // we will only use `-` as the deleted marker
+            prismLanguage.deleted = /^[-].*$/m;
+            break;
+
+          default:
+            prismLanguage = prism.languages[language];
+            break;
+        }
+
+        if (!prismLanguage) {
+          if (language) {
+            throw new Error(`unsupported language: "${language}", "${code}"`);
+          } else {
+            prismLanguage = prism.languages.jsx;
+          }
+        }
+
+        return prism.highlight(code, prismLanguage);
+      },
+      heading: (headingText, level) => {
+        // Small title. No need for an anchor.
+        // It's reducing the risk of duplicated id and it's fewer elements in the DOM.
+        if (level >= 4) {
+          return `<h${level}>${headingText}</h${level}>`;
+        }
+
+        // eslint-disable-next-line no-underscore-dangle
+        const hash = textToHash(headingText, global.__MARKED_UNIQUE__);
+
+        return [
+          `<h${level}>`,
+          `<a class="anchor-link" id="${hash}"></a>`,
+          headingText,
+          `<a class="anchor-link-style" aria-hidden="true" aria-label="anchor" href="#${hash}">`,
+          '<svg><use xlink:href="#anchor-link-icon" /></svg>',
+          '</a>',
+          `</h${level}>`,
+        ].join('');
+      },
+      link: (href, title, linkText) => {
+        let more = '';
+
+        if (externs.some((domain) => href.indexOf(domain) !== -1)) {
+          more = ' target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow"';
+        }
+
+        let finalHref = href;
+
+        if (
+          userLanguage !== 'en' &&
+          finalHref.indexOf('/') === 0 &&
+          finalHref !== '/size-snapshot'
+        ) {
+          finalHref = `/${userLanguage}${finalHref}`;
+        }
+
+        return `<a href="${finalHref}"${more}>${linkText}</a>`;
+      },
+    });
+  }, [text, userLanguage]);
 
   /* eslint-disable react/no-danger */
   return (
     <div
       className={clsx(classes.root, 'markdown-body', className)}
-      dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: marked(text, markedOptions) }}
+      dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: renderedMarkdown }}
       {...other}
     />
   );
diff --git a/docs/src/modules/utils/parseMarkdown.js b/docs/src/modules/utils/parseMarkdown.js
index 2f75a72b9d4ea8..d1c0a8c9b279d2 100644
--- a/docs/src/modules/utils/parseMarkdown.js
+++ b/docs/src/modules/utils/parseMarkdown.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import marked from 'marked/lib/marked';
+
 const headerRegExp = /---[\r\n]([\s\S]*)[\r\n]---/;
 const titleRegExp = /# (.*)[\r\n]/;
 const descriptionRegExp = /<p class="description">(.*)<\/p>[\r\n]/;
@@ -63,3 +65,31 @@ export function getDescription(markdown) {
 
   return matches[1];
 }
+
+/**
+ * Render markdown used in the Material-UI docs
+ *
+ * @param {string} markdown
+ * @param {object} [options]
+ * @param {function} [options.highlight] - https://marked.js.org/#/USING_ADVANCED.md#highlight
+ * @param {object} [options.rest] - properties from https://marked.js.org/#/USING_PRO.md#renderer
+ */
+export function render(markdown, options = {}) {
+  const { highlight, ...rendererOptions } = options;
+
+  const renderer = Object.assign(new marked.Renderer(), rendererOptions);
+
+  const markedOptions = {
+    gfm: true,
+    tables: true,
+    breaks: false,
+    pedantic: false,
+    sanitize: false,
+    smartLists: true,
+    smartypants: false,
+    highlight,
+    renderer,
+  };
+
+  return marked(markdown, markedOptions);
+}