diff --git a/frontend/src/components/ui/wysiwyg.tsx b/frontend/src/components/ui/wysiwyg.tsx
index 0f40ee81..304080af 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/ui/wysiwyg.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/ui/wysiwyg.tsx
@@ -5,12 +5,10 @@ import { HistoryPlugin } from '@lexical/react/LexicalHistoryPlugin';
 import { AutoFocusPlugin } from '@lexical/react/LexicalAutoFocusPlugin';
 import { ContentEditable } from '@lexical/react/LexicalContentEditable';
 import { MarkdownShortcutPlugin } from '@lexical/react/LexicalMarkdownShortcutPlugin';
-import { TRANSFORMERS, INLINE_CODE, type Transformer } from '@lexical/markdown';
+import { TRANSFORMERS, type Transformer } from '@lexical/markdown';
 import { ImageNode } from './wysiwyg/nodes/image-node';
-import { InlineCodeNode } from './wysiwyg/nodes/inline-code-node';
 import { IMAGE_TRANSFORMER } from './wysiwyg/transformers/image-transformer';
 import { CODE_BLOCK_TRANSFORMER } from './wysiwyg/transformers/code-block-transformer';
-import { INLINE_CODE_TRANSFORMER } from './wysiwyg/transformers/inline-code-transformer';
 import {
   TaskAttemptContext,
   TaskContext,
@@ -142,21 +140,14 @@ function WYSIWYGEditor({
         CodeHighlightNode,
         LinkNode,
         ImageNode,
-        InlineCodeNode,
       ],
     }),
     []
   );
 
   // Extended transformers with image and code block support (memoized to prevent unnecessary re-renders)
-  // Filter out default INLINE_CODE to use our custom INLINE_CODE_TRANSFORMER with syntax highlighting
   const extendedTransformers: Transformer[] = useMemo(
-    () => [
-      IMAGE_TRANSFORMER,
-      CODE_BLOCK_TRANSFORMER,
-      INLINE_CODE_TRANSFORMER,
-      ...TRANSFORMERS.filter((t) => t !== INLINE_CODE),
-    ],
+    () => [IMAGE_TRANSFORMER, CODE_BLOCK_TRANSFORMER, ...TRANSFORMERS],
     []
   );
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/ui/wysiwyg/nodes/inline-code-node.tsx b/frontend/src/components/ui/wysiwyg/nodes/inline-code-node.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 5cd1f6ba..00000000
--- a/frontend/src/components/ui/wysiwyg/nodes/inline-code-node.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,154 +0,0 @@
-import {
-  DecoratorNode,
-  DOMConversionMap,
-  DOMExportOutput,
-  LexicalNode,
-  NodeKey,
-  SerializedLexicalNode,
-  Spread,
-} from 'lexical';
-import { PrismTokenizer } from '@lexical/code';
-import { CODE_HIGHLIGHT_CLASSES } from '../lib/code-highlight-theme';
-
-export type SerializedInlineCodeNode = Spread<
-  {
-    code: string;
-  },
-  SerializedLexicalNode
->;
-
-interface Token {
-  type: string;
-  content: string | Token | (string | Token)[];
-}
-
-function renderToken(token: string | Token, index: number): React.ReactNode {
-  if (typeof token === 'string') {
-    return token;
-  }
-
-  const className = CODE_HIGHLIGHT_CLASSES[token.type] || '';
-
-  // Handle nested tokens
-  let content: React.ReactNode;
-  if (typeof token.content === 'string') {
-    content = token.content;
-  } else if (Array.isArray(token.content)) {
-    content = token.content.map((t, i) => renderToken(t, i));
-  } else {
-    content = renderToken(token.content, 0);
-  }
-
-  return (
-    <span key={index} className={className}>
-      {content}
-    </span>
-  );
-}
-
-function InlineCodeComponent({ code }: { code: string }): JSX.Element {
-  // Use PrismTokenizer to tokenize the code
-  const tokens = PrismTokenizer.tokenize(code);
-
-  return (
-    <code className="font-mono bg-muted px-1 py-0.5 rounded text-sm">
-      {tokens.map((token, index) => renderToken(token, index))}
-    </code>
-  );
-}
-
-export class InlineCodeNode extends DecoratorNode<JSX.Element> {
-  __code: string;
-
-  static getType(): string {
-    return 'inline-code';
-  }
-
-  static clone(node: InlineCodeNode): InlineCodeNode {
-    return new InlineCodeNode(node.__code, node.__key);
-  }
-
-  constructor(code: string, key?: NodeKey) {
-    super(key);
-    this.__code = code;
-  }
-
-  createDOM(): HTMLElement {
-    const span = document.createElement('span');
-    return span;
-  }
-
-  updateDOM(): false {
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  static importJSON(serializedNode: SerializedInlineCodeNode): InlineCodeNode {
-    const { code } = serializedNode;
-    return $createInlineCodeNode(code);
-  }
-
-  exportJSON(): SerializedInlineCodeNode {
-    return {
-      type: 'inline-code',
-      version: 1,
-      code: this.__code,
-    };
-  }
-
-  static importDOM(): DOMConversionMap | null {
-    return {
-      code: (domNode: HTMLElement) => {
-        // Only import inline code elements (not block code)
-        const isBlock =
-          domNode.parentElement?.tagName === 'PRE' ||
-          domNode.style.display === 'block';
-        if (isBlock) {
-          return null;
-        }
-        return {
-          conversion: (node: HTMLElement) => {
-            const code = node.textContent || '';
-            return { node: $createInlineCodeNode(code) };
-          },
-          priority: 0,
-        };
-      },
-    };
-  }
-
-  exportDOM(): DOMExportOutput {
-    const code = document.createElement('code');
-    code.textContent = this.__code;
-    return { element: code };
-  }
-
-  getCode(): string {
-    return this.__code;
-  }
-
-  getTextContent(): string {
-    return this.__code;
-  }
-
-  decorate(): JSX.Element {
-    return <InlineCodeComponent code={this.__code} />;
-  }
-
-  isInline(): boolean {
-    return true;
-  }
-
-  isKeyboardSelectable(): boolean {
-    return true;
-  }
-}
-
-export function $createInlineCodeNode(code: string): InlineCodeNode {
-  return new InlineCodeNode(code);
-}
-
-export function $isInlineCodeNode(
-  node: LexicalNode | null | undefined
-): node is InlineCodeNode {
-  return node instanceof InlineCodeNode;
-}
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/ui/wysiwyg/transformers/inline-code-transformer.ts b/frontend/src/components/ui/wysiwyg/transformers/inline-code-transformer.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 6b45ef41..00000000
--- a/frontend/src/components/ui/wysiwyg/transformers/inline-code-transformer.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-import { TextMatchTransformer } from '@lexical/markdown';
-import {
-  $createInlineCodeNode,
-  $isInlineCodeNode,
-  InlineCodeNode,
-} from '../nodes/inline-code-node';
-
-export const INLINE_CODE_TRANSFORMER: TextMatchTransformer = {
-  dependencies: [InlineCodeNode],
-  export: (node) => {
-    if ($isInlineCodeNode(node)) {
-      return '`' + node.getCode() + '`';
-    }
-    return null;
-  },
-  // Match backtick-wrapped code during import (paste)
-  importRegExp: /`([^`]+)`/,
-  // Match at end of line while typing
-  regExp: /`([^`]+)`$/,
-  replace: (textNode, match) => {
-    const [, code] = match;
-    const inlineCodeNode = $createInlineCodeNode(code);
-    textNode.replace(inlineCodeNode);
-  },
-  trigger: '`',
-  type: 'text-match',
-};