--- a/src/eric7/UI/Previewers/PreviewerHTML.py	Sun Jul 24 12:30:11 2022 +0200
+++ b/src/eric7/UI/Previewers/PreviewerHTML.py	Sun Jul 24 12:31:14 2022 +0200
@@ -776,12 +776,7 @@
 
         if not pyMdown:
             extensions.extend(["extra", "toc"])
-
-            # version 2.0 supports only extension names, not instances
-            if markdown.version_info[0] > 2 or (
-                markdown.version_info[0] == 2 and markdown.version_info[1] > 0
-            ):
-                extensions.append(MarkdownExtensions.SimplePatternExtension())
+            extensions.append(MarkdownExtensions.SimplePatternExtension())
 
         if Preferences.getEditor("PreviewMarkdownMathJax"):
             mathjax = (