diff --git a/docs/reference/special-theme-elements.md b/docs/reference/special-theme-elements.md
index c641c5e73..2cc6ef83e 100644
--- a/docs/reference/special-theme-elements.md
+++ b/docs/reference/special-theme-elements.md
@@ -116,12 +116,10 @@ Link to above: {eq}`my_label2`
 A really long math equation
 
 $$
-\begin{align}
 \mathrm{SetConv} \left( \{(x^{c},y^{c})\}_{c=1}^{C} \right)(x) \left( \{(x^{c},y^{c})\}_{c=1}^{C} \right)(x) \left( \{(x^{c},y^{c})\}_{c=1}^{C} \right)(x)
 &= \sum_{c=1}^{C} y^{(c)} w_{\theta} \left( x - x^{(c)} \right)  \sum_{c=1}^{C} y^{(c)} w_{\theta} \left( x - x^{(c)} \right) \sum_{c=1}^{C} y^{(c)} w_{\theta} \left( x - x^{(c)} \right)\\
 &= \left( y^{(c')} w_{\theta} \left( x - x^{(c')} \right) \right) + \sum_{c \neq c'}  y^{(c)} w_{\theta} \left( x - x^{(c)} \right) \\
 &= 0 + \sum_{c \neq c'}  y^{(c)} w_{\theta} \left( x - x^{(c)} \right)
-\end{align}
 $$
 
 Full width equations work
@@ -129,12 +127,10 @@ Full width equations work
 ```{math}
 :class: full-width
 
-\begin{align}
 \mathrm{SetConv} \left( \{(x^{c},y^{c})\}_{c=1}^{C} \right)(x) \left( \{(x^{c},y^{c})\}_{c=1}^{C} \right)(x) \left( \{(x^{c},y^{c})\}_{c=1}^{C} \right)(x)
 &= \sum_{c=1}^{C} y^{(c)} w_{\theta} \left( x - x^{(c)} \right)  \sum_{c=1}^{C} y^{(c)} w_{\theta} \left( x - x^{(c)} \right) \sum_{c=1}^{C} y^{(c)} w_{\theta} \left( x - x^{(c)} \right)\\
 &= \left( y^{(c')} w_{\theta} \left( x - x^{(c')} \right) \right) + \sum_{c \neq c'}  y^{(c)} w_{\theta} \left( x - x^{(c)} \right) \\
 &= 0 + \sum_{c \neq c'}  y^{(c)} w_{\theta} \left( x - x^{(c)} \right)
-\end{align}
 ```
 
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