diff --git a/build/pkgs/notebook/jupyter_notebook_config.py b/build/pkgs/notebook/jupyter_notebook_config.py
index 1ea31ce125f..e8f44402396 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/notebook/jupyter_notebook_config.py
+++ b/build/pkgs/notebook/jupyter_notebook_config.py
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
 # Configuration file for Sage's builtin Jupyter notebook server
 
-# Note for distributors: Sage uses mathjax, so the notebook server
-# needs to have the mathjax_url set to wherever your distribution
-# installs mathjax.
-
-c.NotebookApp.mathjax_url = 'nbextensions/mathjax/MathJax.js'
-
 # Disable XSRF checking to fix Thebe. See
 # * https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/22458
 # * https://github.com/oreillymedia/thebe/issues/93
diff --git a/src/sage/repl/ipython_kernel/install.py b/src/sage/repl/ipython_kernel/install.py
index fa3cf87f426..a1d3ec7efa7 100644
--- a/src/sage/repl/ipython_kernel/install.py
+++ b/src/sage/repl/ipython_kernel/install.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 from sage.env import (
     SAGE_DOC, SAGE_VENV, SAGE_EXTCODE,
     SAGE_VERSION,
-    MATHJAX_DIR, THREEJS_DIR,
+    THREEJS_DIR,
 )
 
 
@@ -114,23 +114,6 @@ def symlink(self, src, dst):
                 return
         os.symlink(src, dst)
 
-    def use_local_mathjax(self):
-        """
-        Symlink SageMath's Mathjax install to the Jupyter notebook.
-
-        EXAMPLES::
-
-            sage: from sage.repl.ipython_kernel.install import SageKernelSpec
-            sage: spec = SageKernelSpec(prefix=tmp_dir())
-            sage: spec.use_local_mathjax()
-            sage: mathjax = os.path.join(spec.nbextensions_dir, 'mathjax')
-            sage: os.path.isdir(mathjax)
-            True
-        """
-        src = MATHJAX_DIR
-        dst = os.path.join(self.nbextensions_dir, 'mathjax')
-        self.symlink(src, dst)
-
     def use_local_threejs(self):
         """
         Symlink threejs to the Jupyter notebook.
@@ -255,7 +238,6 @@ def update(cls, *args, **kwds):
 
         """
         instance = cls(*args, **kwds)
-        instance.use_local_mathjax()
         instance.use_local_threejs()
         instance._install_spec()
         instance._symlink_resources()