diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index acee230d23c..19e532bc0bb 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -44,10 +44,6 @@ elsif RUBY_ENGINE == "jruby"
   end
 end
 
-# AP
-gem "RedCloth", ">= 4.2.2"
-gem "bluecloth", ">= 2.0.7"
-
 group :documentation do
   gem 'rdoc', '2.1'
 end
diff --git a/actionpack/CHANGELOG b/actionpack/CHANGELOG
index 1796d11dcdd..0ca2f86dae5 100644
--- a/actionpack/CHANGELOG
+++ b/actionpack/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+* Removed textilize, textilize_without_paragraph and markdown helpers. [Santiago Pastorino]
+
 *Rails 3.0.0 [beta 4] (June 8th, 2010)*
 
 * Remove middleware laziness [José Valim]
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/text_helper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/text_helper.rb
index 8f63845d499..a06073ce667 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/text_helper.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/text_helper.rb
@@ -220,89 +220,6 @@ module ActionView
         end * "\n"
       end
 
-      # Returns the text with all the Textile[http://www.textism.com/tools/textile] codes turned into HTML tags.
-      #
-      # You can learn more about Textile's syntax at its website[http://www.textism.com/tools/textile].
-      # <i>This method is only available if RedCloth[http://redcloth.org/] is available</i>.
-      #
-      # ==== Examples
-      #   textilize("*This is Textile!*  Rejoice!")
-      #   # => "<p><strong>This is Textile!</strong>  Rejoice!</p>"
-      #
-      #   textilize("I _love_ ROR(Ruby on Rails)!")
-      #   # => "<p>I <em>love</em> <acronym title="Ruby on Rails">ROR</acronym>!</p>"
-      #
-      #   textilize("h2. Textile makes markup -easy- simple!")
-      #   # => "<h2>Textile makes markup <del>easy</del> simple!</h2>"
-      #
-      #   textilize("Visit the Rails website "here":http://www.rubyonrails.org/.)
-      #   # => "<p>Visit the Rails website <a href="http://www.rubyonrails.org/">here</a>.</p>"
-      #
-      #   textilize("This is worded <strong>strongly</strong>")
-      #   # => "<p>This is worded <strong>strongly</strong></p>"
-      #
-      #   textilize("This is worded <strong>strongly</strong>", :filter_html)
-      #   # => "<p>This is worded &lt;strong&gt;strongly&lt;/strong&gt;</p>"
-      #
-      def textilize(text, *options)
-        options ||= [:hard_breaks]
-        text = sanitize(text) unless text.html_safe? || options.delete(:safe)
-
-        if text.blank?
-          ""
-        else
-          textilized = RedCloth.new(text, options)
-          textilized.to_html
-        end.html_safe
-      end
-
-      # Returns the text with all the Textile codes turned into HTML tags,
-      # but without the bounding <p> tag that RedCloth adds.
-      #
-      # You can learn more about Textile's syntax at its website[http://www.textism.com/tools/textile].
-      # <i>This method is only available if RedCloth[http://redcloth.org/] is available</i>.
-      #
-      # ==== Examples
-      #   textilize_without_paragraph("*This is Textile!*  Rejoice!")
-      #   # => "<strong>This is Textile!</strong>  Rejoice!"
-      #
-      #   textilize_without_paragraph("I _love_ ROR(Ruby on Rails)!")
-      #   # => "I <em>love</em> <acronym title="Ruby on Rails">ROR</acronym>!"
-      #
-      #   textilize_without_paragraph("h2. Textile makes markup -easy- simple!")
-      #   # => "<h2>Textile makes markup <del>easy</del> simple!</h2>"
-      #
-      #   textilize_without_paragraph("Visit the Rails website "here":http://www.rubyonrails.org/.)
-      #   # => "Visit the Rails website <a href="http://www.rubyonrails.org/">here</a>."
-      def textilize_without_paragraph(text, *options)
-        textiled = textilize(text, *options)
-        if textiled[0..2] == "<p>" then textiled = textiled[3..-1] end
-        if textiled[-4..-1] == "</p>" then textiled = textiled[0..-5] end
-        return textiled
-      end
-
-      # Returns the text with all the Markdown codes turned into HTML tags.
-      # <i>This method requires BlueCloth[http://www.deveiate.org/projects/BlueCloth]
-      # to be available</i>.
-      #
-      # ==== Examples
-      #   markdown("We are using __Markdown__ now!")
-      #   # => "<p>We are using <strong>Markdown</strong> now!</p>"
-      #
-      #   markdown("We like to _write_ `code`, not just _read_ it!")
-      #   # => "<p>We like to <em>write</em> <code>code</code>, not just <em>read</em> it!</p>"
-      #
-      #   markdown("The [Markdown website](http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/) has more information.")
-      #   # => "<p>The <a href="http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/">Markdown website</a>
-      #   #     has more information.</p>"
-      #
-      #   markdown('![The ROR logo](http://rubyonrails.com/images/rails.png "Ruby on Rails")')
-      #   # => '<p><img src="http://rubyonrails.com/images/rails.png" alt="The ROR logo" title="Ruby on Rails" /></p>'
-      def markdown(text, *options)
-        text = sanitize(text) unless text.html_safe? || options.delete(:safe)
-        (text.blank? ? "" : BlueCloth.new(text).to_html).html_safe
-      end
-
       # Returns +text+ transformed into HTML using simple formatting rules.
       # Two or more consecutive newlines(<tt>\n\n</tt>) are considered as a
       # paragraph and wrapped in <tt><p></tt> tags. One newline (<tt>\n</tt>) is
diff --git a/actionpack/test/template/text_helper_test.rb b/actionpack/test/template/text_helper_test.rb
index 64f1d46413f..17fc8b6edd7 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/template/text_helper_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/template/text_helper_test.rb
@@ -1,17 +1,6 @@
 # encoding: us-ascii
 require 'abstract_unit'
 require 'testing_sandbox'
-begin
-  require 'redcloth'
-rescue LoadError
-  $stderr.puts "Skipping textilize tests. `gem install RedCloth` to enable."
-end
-
-begin
-  require 'bluecloth'
-rescue LoadError
-  $stderr.puts "Skipping markdown tests. 'gem install bluecloth' to enable."
-end
 
 class TextHelperTest < ActionView::TestCase
   tests ActionView::Helpers::TextHelper
@@ -665,101 +654,4 @@ class TextHelperTest < ActionView::TestCase
     assert_equal("red", cycle("red", "blue"))
     assert_equal(%w{Specialized Fuji Giant}, @cycles)
   end
-
-  # TODO test textilize_without_paragraph and markdown
-  if defined? RedCloth
-    def test_textilize_should_be_html_safe
-      assert textilize("*This is Textile!*  Rejoice!").html_safe?
-    end
-
-    def test_textilize
-      assert_equal("<p><strong>This is Textile!</strong>  Rejoice!</p>", textilize("*This is Textile!*  Rejoice!"))
-    end
-
-    def test_textilize_with_blank
-      assert_equal("", textilize(""))
-    end
-
-    def test_textilize_with_options
-      assert_equal("<p>This is worded &lt;strong&gt;strongly&lt;/strong&gt;</p>", textilize("This is worded <strong>strongly</strong>", :filter_html))
-    end
-
-    def test_textilize_should_sanitize_unsafe_input
-      assert_equal("<p>This is worded <strong>strongly</strong></p>", textilize("This is worded <strong>strongly</strong><script>code!</script>"))
-    end
-
-    def test_textilize_should_not_sanitize_input_if_safe_option
-      assert_equal("<p>This is worded <strong>strongly</strong><script>code!</script></p>", textilize("This is worded <strong>strongly</strong><script>code!</script>", :safe))
-    end
-
-    def test_textilize_should_not_sanitize_safe_input
-      assert_equal("<p>This is worded <strong>strongly</strong><script>code!</script></p>", textilize("This is worded <strong>strongly</strong><script>code!</script>".html_safe))
-    end
-
-    def test_textilize_with_hard_breaks
-      assert_equal("<p>This is one scary world.<br />\n True.</p>", textilize("This is one scary world.\n True."))
-    end
-
-    def test_textilize_without_paragraph_should_be_html_safe
-      textilize_without_paragraph("*This is Textile!*  Rejoice!").html_safe?
-    end
-
-    def test_textilize_without_paragraph
-      assert_equal("<strong>This is Textile!</strong>  Rejoice!", textilize_without_paragraph("*This is Textile!*  Rejoice!"))
-    end
-
-    def test_textilize_without_paragraph_with_blank
-      assert_equal("", textilize_without_paragraph(""))
-    end
-
-    def test_textilize_without_paragraph_with_options
-      assert_equal("This is worded &lt;strong&gt;strongly&lt;/strong&gt;", textilize_without_paragraph("This is worded <strong>strongly</strong>", :filter_html))
-    end
-
-    def test_textilize_without_paragraph_should_sanitize_unsafe_input
-      assert_equal("This is worded <strong>strongly</strong>", textilize_without_paragraph("This is worded <strong>strongly</strong><script>code!</script>"))
-    end
-
-    def test_textilize_without_paragraph_should_not_sanitize_input_if_safe_option
-      assert_equal("This is worded <strong>strongly</strong><script>code!</script>", textilize_without_paragraph("This is worded <strong>strongly</strong><script>code!</script>", :safe))
-    end
-
-    def test_textilize_without_paragraph_should_not_sanitize_safe_input
-      assert_equal("This is worded <strong>strongly</strong><script>code!</script>", textilize_without_paragraph("This is worded <strong>strongly</strong><script>code!</script>".html_safe))
-    end
-
-    def test_textilize_without_paragraph_with_hard_breaks
-      assert_equal("This is one scary world.<br />\n True.", textilize_without_paragraph("This is one scary world.\n True."))
-    end
-  end
-
-  if defined? BlueCloth
-    def test_markdown_should_be_html_safe
-      assert markdown("We are using __Markdown__ now!").html_safe?
-    end
-
-    def test_markdown
-      assert_equal("<p>We are using <strong>Markdown</strong> now!</p>", markdown("We are using __Markdown__ now!"))
-    end
-
-    def test_markdown_with_blank
-      assert_equal("", markdown(""))
-    end
-
-    def test_markdown_should_sanitize_unsafe_input
-      assert_equal("<p>This is worded <strong>strongly</strong></p>", markdown("This is worded <strong>strongly</strong><script>code!</script>"))
-    end
-
-    def test_markdown_should_not_sanitize_input_if_safe_option
-      assert_equal("<p>This is worded <strong>strongly</strong><script>code!</script></p>", markdown("This is worded <strong>strongly</strong><script>code!</script>", :safe))
-    end
-
-    def test_markdown_should_not_sanitize_safe_input
-      assert_equal("<p>This is worded <strong>strongly</strong><script>code!</script></p>", markdown("This is worded <strong>strongly</strong><script>code!</script>".html_safe))
-    end
-
-    def test_markdown_with_hard_breaks
-      assert_equal("<p>This is one scary world.</p>\n\n<p>True.</p>", markdown("This is one scary world.\n\nTrue."))
-    end
-  end
 end