diff --git a/djangorestframework/compat.py b/djangorestframework/compat.py
index cae8c7b7e..b7eedf85c 100644
--- a/djangorestframework/compat.py
+++ b/djangorestframework/compat.py
@@ -374,48 +374,17 @@ else:
 # Markdown is optional
 try:
     import markdown
-    import re
     
-    class CustomSetextHeaderProcessor(markdown.blockprocessors.BlockProcessor):
-        """
-        Override `markdown`'s :class:`SetextHeaderProcessor`, so that ==== headers are <h2> and ---- headers are <h3>.
-        
-        We use <h1> for the resource name.
-        """
-    
-        # Detect Setext-style header. Must be first 2 lines of block.
-        RE = re.compile(r'^.*?\n[=-]{3,}', re.MULTILINE)
-    
-        def test(self, parent, block):
-            return bool(self.RE.match(block))
-    
-        def run(self, parent, blocks):
-            lines = blocks.pop(0).split('\n')
-            # Determine level. ``=`` is 1 and ``-`` is 2.
-            if lines[1].startswith('='):
-                level = 2
-            else:
-                level = 3
-            h = markdown.etree.SubElement(parent, 'h%d' % level)
-            h.text = lines[0].strip()
-            if len(lines) > 2:
-                # Block contains additional lines. Add to  master blocks for later.
-                blocks.insert(0, '\n'.join(lines[2:]))
-            
     def apply_markdown(text):
         """
-        Simple wrapper around :func:`markdown.markdown` to apply our :class:`CustomSetextHeaderProcessor`,
-        and also set the base level of '#' style headers to <h2>.
+        Simple wrapper around :func:`markdown.markdown` to set the base level
+        of '#' style headers to <h2>.
         """
         
         extensions = ['headerid(level=2)']
         safe_mode = False,
-        output_format = markdown.DEFAULT_OUTPUT_FORMAT
 
-        md = markdown.Markdown(extensions=markdown.load_extensions(extensions),
-                               safe_mode=safe_mode, 
-                               output_format=output_format)
-        md.parser.blockprocessors['setextheader'] = CustomSetextHeaderProcessor(md.parser)
+        md = markdown.Markdown(extensions=extensions, safe_mode=safe_mode)
         return md.convert(text)
 
 except ImportError:
diff --git a/djangorestframework/tests/description.py b/djangorestframework/tests/description.py
index 1ce291124..17bb43306 100644
--- a/djangorestframework/tests/description.py
+++ b/djangorestframework/tests/description.py
@@ -20,16 +20,16 @@ indented
 # hash style header #"""
 
 # If markdown is installed we also test it's working (and that our wrapped forces '=' to h2 and '-' to h3)
-MARKED_DOWN = """<h2>an example docstring</h2>
+MARKED_DOWN = """<h2 id="an-example-docstring">an example docstring</h2>
 <ul>
 <li>list</li>
 <li>list</li>
 </ul>
-<h3>another header</h3>
+<h3 id="another-header">another header</h3>
 <pre><code>code block
 </code></pre>
 <p>indented</p>
-<h2 id="hash_style_header">hash style header</h2>"""
+<h2 id="hash-style-header">hash style header</h2>"""
 
 
 class TestViewNamesAndDescriptions(TestCase):