diff --git a/src/marginalia/parser.clj b/src/marginalia/parser.clj
index b7b9374..6df4741 100644
--- a/src/marginalia/parser.clj
+++ b/src/marginalia/parser.clj
@@ -76,22 +76,10 @@
                            (replace "\"" "\\\""))
                     \")
                "")
+      (replace #"#?\^\{\s*:doc\s*\}" "")
       (replace #"\n\s*\n" "\n")
       (replace #"\n\s*\)" ")")))
 
-(defn- internal-strip-docstring
-  [R internal-ds]
-  (reduce (fn [raw docstring]
-            (replace
-             raw
-             (str \" (-> docstring
-                         str
-                         (replace "\"" "\\\""))
-                  \")
-             ""))
-          R
-          internal-ds))
-
 (defn get-var-docstring [nspace-sym sym]
   (try
     (-> `(var ~(symbol (str nspace-sym) (str sym))) eval meta :doc)