diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 252d746..76a4d3f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -81,12 +81,6 @@ result = md.convert("example.jpg")
 print(result.text_content)
 ```
 
-### Extensions
-
-#### Automatic Code Language Detection
-
-Install `guesslang` with the command `pip install guesslang` to enable automatic code language recognition, especially useful for converting documents from web pages.
-
 ### Docker
 
 ```sh
diff --git a/src/markitdown/_markitdown.py b/src/markitdown/_markitdown.py
index cf8149d..8cd4b49 100644
--- a/src/markitdown/_markitdown.py
+++ b/src/markitdown/_markitdown.py
@@ -76,17 +76,6 @@ except ModuleNotFoundError:
     pass
 
 
-try:
-    from guesslang import Guess
-except ImportError:
-    warn("The 'guesslang' package is not installed. Please install it via 'pip install guesslang'.")
-    class Guess:
-        def language_name(self, code: str) -> str:
-            return ""
-
-guess = Guess()
-
-
 class _CustomMarkdownify(markdownify.MarkdownConverter):
     """
     A custom version of markdownify's MarkdownConverter. Changes include:
@@ -99,19 +88,12 @@ class _CustomMarkdownify(markdownify.MarkdownConverter):
 
     def __init__(self, **options: Any):
         options["heading_style"] = options.get("heading_style", markdownify.ATX)
-        
-        # Keep inline images in table elements
-        options["keep_inline_images_in"] = options.get("keep_inline_images_in", ["td", "tr", "div", "p", "span"])
 
-        # Add a custom code language callback to guess the language of code snippets
-        def code_language_callback(el):
-            extracted_code_snippet = el.get_text()
-            if not extracted_code_snippet:
-                return ""
-            language = guess.language_name(extracted_code_snippet)
-            return language.lower() if language else ""
-        options["code_language_callback"] = options.get("code_language_callback", code_language_callback)
-        
+        # Keep inline images in table elements
+        options["keep_inline_images_in"] = options.get(
+            "keep_inline_images_in", ["td", "tr", "div", "p", "span"]
+        )
+
         # Explicitly cast options to the expected type if necessary
         super().__init__(**options)