diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 96be0a1e83e..8012ff16878 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
     "get-object-path": "azer/get-object-path#74eb42de0cfd02c14ffdd18552f295aba723d394",
     "hadron-action": "^0.0.4",
     "hadron-auto-update-manager": "^0.0.12",
-    "hadron-compile-cache": "^0.2.0",
+    "hadron-compile-cache": "^0.3.0",
     "hadron-component-registry": "^0.4.0",
     "hadron-document": "^0.14.0",
     "hadron-ipc": "^0.0.7",
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@
     "local-links": "^1.4.0",
     "lodash": "^3.10.1",
     "marked": "^0.3.5",
-    "marky-mark": "^1.2.1",
     "moment": "^2.10.6",
     "mongodb-collection-model": "^0.2.3",
     "mongodb-connection-model": "^4.3.0",
@@ -152,7 +151,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "eslint-config-mongodb-js": "^1.0.6",
     "eslint-plugin-react": "^4.1.0",
-    "hadron-build": "^0.6.3",
+    "hadron-build": "^0.6.5",
     "hadron-test-utils": "^0.0.8",
     "xvfb-maybe": "^0.1.3"
   },
diff --git a/src/help/help-entry-collection.js b/src/help/help-entry-collection.js
index 689cf216694..ebb8dd1d3b1 100644
--- a/src/help/help-entry-collection.js
+++ b/src/help/help-entry-collection.js
@@ -5,10 +5,9 @@ var selectableMixin = require('../app/models/selectable-collection-mixin');
 var filterableMixin = require('ampersand-collection-filterable');
 var withSync = require('../app/models/with-sync');
 var debug = require('debug')('mongodb-compass:help:help-entry-collection');
-var mm = require('marky-mark');
 var path = require('path');
 var _ = require('lodash');
-var highlight = require('highlight.js');
+var fs = require('fs');
 
 var HelpEntryCollection = Collection.extend(
   selectableMixin, lodashMixin, filterableMixin, {
@@ -29,25 +28,17 @@ var HelpEntryCollection = Collection.extend(
     }
 
     var dir = path.join(__dirname, 'entries');
-    debug('parsing entries with marky-mark from `%s`', dir);
-
-    // add syntax highlighting options, pass through to `marked` module
-    var parserOptions = {
-      marked: {
-        highlight: function(code) {
-          var result = highlight.highlightAuto(code).value;
-          return result;
-        }
-      }
-    };
-
-    mm.parseDirectory(dir, parserOptions, function(err, entries) {
+    fs.readdir(dir, function(err, files) {
       if (err) {
-        debug('error parsing entries', err);
+        debug('error reading entries', err);
         done(err);
         return;
       }
-      debug('successfully parsed!', entries);
+
+      var entries = _.map(files, function(file) {
+        return require(path.join(dir, file));
+      });
+
       // in production don't return the dev-only entries
       if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production') {
         entries = _.filter(entries, function(entry) {
diff --git a/src/help/index.js b/src/help/index.js
index b1524f4b674..0b83bbf3e86 100644
--- a/src/help/index.js
+++ b/src/help/index.js
@@ -128,9 +128,7 @@ var HelpPage = View.extend({
     if (!entry) {
       debug('Unknown help entry', entryId);
       this.viewSwitcher.clear();
-      app.statusbar.showMessage({
-        message: 'Help entry not found.'
-      });
+      app.statusbar.showMessage('Help entry not found.');
       return;
     }