diff --git a/packages/app-desktop/gui/note-viewer/index.html b/packages/app-desktop/gui/note-viewer/index.html
index 192b65b78..9a8f40355 100644
--- a/packages/app-desktop/gui/note-viewer/index.html
+++ b/packages/app-desktop/gui/note-viewer/index.html
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
 			for (const [assetId, asset] of Object.entries(pluginAssetsAdded_)) {
 				if (!processedAssetIds.includes(assetId)) {
 					try {
-						asset.element.remove();
+						if (asset?.element) asset.element.remove();
 					} catch (error) {
 						// We don't throw an exception but we log it since
 						// it shouldn't happen
diff --git a/packages/renderer/MdToHtml.ts b/packages/renderer/MdToHtml.ts
index 3199a8be1..3170e2193 100644
--- a/packages/renderer/MdToHtml.ts
+++ b/packages/renderer/MdToHtml.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ interface RendererRule {
 	// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any -- Old code before rule was applied
 	install(context: any, ruleOptions: any): any;
 	// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any -- Old code before rule was applied
-	assets?(theme: any): any;
+	assets?(theme: any): PluginAsset[];
 	// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any -- Old code before rule was applied
 	plugin?: any;
 	assetPath?: string;
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ export interface Options {
 }
 
 interface PluginAsset {
+	source?: string;
 	mime?: string;
 	inline?: boolean;
 	name?: string;
@@ -134,6 +135,15 @@ interface PluginContext {
 	// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any -- Old code before rule was applied
 	userData: any;
 	currentLinks: Link[];
+
+	// This must be set by the plugin to indicate whether the document contains markup that was
+	// processed by the plugin or not. Currently this information is then used to remove unnecessary
+	// plugin assets from the rendered document. This is particularly useful when exporting as HTML
+	// since it can reduce the size from several MB to a few KB.
+	pluginWasUsed: {
+		mermaid: boolean;
+		katex: boolean;
+	};
 }
 
 export interface RuleOptions {
@@ -330,10 +340,14 @@ export default class MdToHtml implements MarkupRenderer {
 					const name = `${pluginName}/${asset.name}`;
 					const assetPath = rule?.assetPath ? `${rule.assetPath}/${asset.name}` : `pluginAssets/${name}`;
 
-					files.push({ ...asset, name: name,
+					files.push({
+						...asset,
+						source: asset.source,
+						name: name,
 						path: assetPath,
 						pathIsAbsolute: !!rule && !!rule.assetPathIsAbsolute,
-						mime: mime });
+						mime: mime,
+					});
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -354,7 +368,7 @@ export default class MdToHtml implements MarkupRenderer {
 		if (this.allProcessedAssets_[cacheKey]) return this.allProcessedAssets_[cacheKey];
 
 		// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any -- Old code before rule was applied
-		const assets: any = {};
+		const assets: PluginAssets = {};
 		for (const key in rules) {
 			if (!this.pluginEnabled(key)) continue;
 			const rule = rules[key];
@@ -494,6 +508,10 @@ export default class MdToHtml implements MarkupRenderer {
 			cache: this.contextCache_,
 			userData: {},
 			currentLinks: [],
+			pluginWasUsed: {
+				mermaid: false,
+				katex: false,
+			},
 		};
 
 		const markdownIt: MarkdownIt = new MarkdownIt({
@@ -622,7 +640,14 @@ export default class MdToHtml implements MarkupRenderer {
 			contentMaxWidth: options.contentMaxWidth,
 		});
 
-		let output = { ...this.allProcessedAssets(allRules, options.theme, options.codeTheme) };
+		let output: RenderResult = { ...this.allProcessedAssets(allRules, options.theme, options.codeTheme) };
+
+		output.pluginAssets = output.pluginAssets.filter(pa => {
+			if (!context.pluginWasUsed.mermaid && pa.source === 'mermaid') return false;
+			if (!context.pluginWasUsed.katex && pa.source === 'katex') return false;
+			return true;
+		});
+
 		cssStrings = cssStrings.concat(output.cssStrings);
 
 		if (this.customCss_) cssStrings.push(this.customCss_);
diff --git a/packages/renderer/MdToHtml/rules/katex.ts b/packages/renderer/MdToHtml/rules/katex.ts
index 13725c811..a3c6b1823 100644
--- a/packages/renderer/MdToHtml/rules/katex.ts
+++ b/packages/renderer/MdToHtml/rules/katex.ts
@@ -98,7 +98,12 @@ function katexStyle() {
 		{ name: 'fonts/KaTeX_Size3-Regular.woff2' },
 		{ name: 'fonts/KaTeX_Size4-Regular.woff2' },
 		{ name: 'fonts/KaTeX_Typewriter-Regular.woff2' },
-	];
+	].map(e => {
+		return {
+			source: 'katex',
+			...e,
+		};
+	});
 }
 
 // Test if potential opening or closing delimiter
@@ -338,6 +343,7 @@ export default {
 
 		// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any -- Old code before rule was applied
 		const inlineRenderer = function(tokens: any[], idx: number) {
+			options.context.pluginWasUsed.katex = true;
 			return katexInline(tokens[idx].content);
 		};
 
@@ -355,6 +361,7 @@ export default {
 
 		// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any -- Old code before rule was applied
 		const blockRenderer = function(tokens: any[], idx: number) {
+			options.context.pluginWasUsed.katex = true;
 			return `${katexBlock(tokens[idx].content)}\n`;
 		};
 
diff --git a/packages/renderer/MdToHtml/rules/mermaid.ts b/packages/renderer/MdToHtml/rules/mermaid.ts
index 4810e1711..291bf7dfd 100644
--- a/packages/renderer/MdToHtml/rules/mermaid.ts
+++ b/packages/renderer/MdToHtml/rules/mermaid.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,12 @@ export default {
 	// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any -- Old code before rule was applied
 	assets: function(theme: any) {
 		return [
-			{ name: 'mermaid.min.js' },
-			{ name: 'mermaid_render.js' },
+			{
+				name: 'mermaid.min.js',
+			},
+			{
+				name: 'mermaid_render.js',
+			},
 			{
 				inline: true,
 				// Note: Mermaid is buggy when rendering below a certain width (500px?)
@@ -43,7 +47,12 @@ export default {
 				`.trim(),
 				mime: 'text/css',
 			},
-		];
+		].map(e => {
+			return {
+				source: 'mermaid',
+				...e,
+			};
+		});
 	},
 
 	// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any -- Old code before rule was applied
@@ -59,6 +68,9 @@ export default {
 		markdownIt.renderer.rules.fence = function(tokens: any[], idx: number, options: any, env: any, self: any) {
 			const token = tokens[idx];
 			if (token.info !== 'mermaid') return defaultRender(tokens, idx, options, env, self);
+
+			ruleOptions.context.pluginWasUsed.mermaid = true;
+
 			const contentHtml = markdownIt.utils.escapeHtml(token.content);
 
 			const cssClasses = ['mermaid'];
diff --git a/packages/renderer/types.ts b/packages/renderer/types.ts
index 9282b5121..9f84bd210 100644
--- a/packages/renderer/types.ts
+++ b/packages/renderer/types.ts
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ export interface RenderOptions {
 }
 
 export interface RenderResultPluginAsset {
+	source: string;
 	name: string;
 	mime: string;
 	path: string;