diff --git a/helpers/content.go b/helpers/content.go
index 709dc8a97..204a56104 100644
--- a/helpers/content.go
+++ b/helpers/content.go
@@ -241,16 +241,15 @@ func getMarkdownExtensions(ctx *RenderingContext) int {
 }
 
 func markdownRender(ctx *RenderingContext) []byte {
+	if ctx.RenderTOC {
+		return blackfriday.Markdown(ctx.Content,
+			getHTMLRenderer(blackfriday.HTML_TOC, ctx),
+			getMarkdownExtensions(ctx))
+	}
 	return blackfriday.Markdown(ctx.Content, getHTMLRenderer(0, ctx),
 		getMarkdownExtensions(ctx))
 }
 
-func markdownRenderWithTOC(ctx *RenderingContext) []byte {
-	return blackfriday.Markdown(ctx.Content,
-		getHTMLRenderer(blackfriday.HTML_TOC, ctx),
-		getMarkdownExtensions(ctx))
-}
-
 // getMmarkHTMLRenderer creates a new mmark HTML Renderer with the given configuration.
 func getMmarkHTMLRenderer(defaultFlags int, ctx *RenderingContext) mmark.Renderer {
 	renderParameters := mmark.HtmlRendererParameters{
@@ -345,6 +344,7 @@ type RenderingContext struct {
 	PageFmt      string
 	DocumentID   string
 	Config       *Blackfriday
+	RenderTOC    bool
 	FileResolver FileResolverFunc
 	LinkResolver LinkResolverFunc
 	configInit   sync.Once
@@ -359,22 +359,6 @@ func (c *RenderingContext) getConfig() *Blackfriday {
 	return c.Config
 }
 
-// RenderBytesWithTOC renders a []byte with table of contents included.
-func RenderBytesWithTOC(ctx *RenderingContext) []byte {
-	switch ctx.PageFmt {
-	default:
-		return markdownRenderWithTOC(ctx)
-	case "markdown":
-		return markdownRenderWithTOC(ctx)
-	case "asciidoc":
-		return []byte(getAsciidocContent(ctx.Content))
-	case "mmark":
-		return mmarkRender(ctx)
-	case "rst":
-		return []byte(getRstContent(ctx.Content))
-	}
-}
-
 // RenderBytes renders a []byte.
 func RenderBytes(ctx *RenderingContext) []byte {
 	switch ctx.PageFmt {
diff --git a/helpers/content_test.go b/helpers/content_test.go
index a89b4992e..8aa645f6b 100644
--- a/helpers/content_test.go
+++ b/helpers/content_test.go
@@ -289,10 +289,10 @@ func TestGetMarkdownRenderer(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestGetMarkdownRendererWithTOC(t *testing.T) {
-	ctx := &RenderingContext{}
+	ctx := &RenderingContext{RenderTOC: true}
 	ctx.Content = []byte("testContent")
 	ctx.Config = ctx.getConfig()
-	actualRenderedMarkdown := markdownRenderWithTOC(ctx)
+	actualRenderedMarkdown := markdownRender(ctx)
 	expectedRenderedMarkdown := []byte("<nav>\n</nav>\n\n<p>testContent</p>\n")
 	if !bytes.Equal(actualRenderedMarkdown, expectedRenderedMarkdown) {
 		t.Errorf("Actual rendered Markdown (%s) did not match expected markdown (%s)", actualRenderedMarkdown, expectedRenderedMarkdown)
diff --git a/hugolib/page.go b/hugolib/page.go
index 9616bfbbd..f64cdf95f 100644
--- a/hugolib/page.go
+++ b/hugolib/page.go
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ func (p *Page) renderContent(content []byte) []byte {
 			return p.Node.Site.SourceRelativeLinkFile(ref, p)
 		}
 	}
-	return helpers.RenderBytesWithTOC(&helpers.RenderingContext{Content: content, PageFmt: p.determineMarkupType(),
+	return helpers.RenderBytes(&helpers.RenderingContext{Content: content, RenderTOC: true, PageFmt: p.determineMarkupType(),
 		DocumentID: p.UniqueID(), Config: p.getRenderingConfig(), LinkResolver: fn, FileResolver: fileFn})
 }