diff --git a/src/github-issues.test.ts b/src/github-issues.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..72affda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/github-issues.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { tsMarkdown } from './rendering';
+
+describe('https://github.com/kgar/ts-markdown/issues/40', () => {
+  describe('given text which contains multiple underscores within a single word', () => {
+    const paragraphText = `Hello, t_word_with_underscores`;
+
+    const entries = [
+      {
+        p: paragraphText,
+      },
+    ];
+
+    test('should be the same text that was originally provided', () => {
+      expect(tsMarkdown(entries)).toBe(paragraphText);
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/renderers/text.test.ts b/src/renderers/text.test.ts
index a41e0fb..b696886 100644
--- a/src/renderers/text.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderers/text.test.ts
@@ -13,82 +13,6 @@ describe('given a text entry', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  /**
-   * Based on this recommendation: https://www.markdownguide.org/basic-syntax/#bold-best-practices
-   */
-  describe('with mid-word bolding', () => {
-    const textEntry: TextEntry = {
-      text: ['He', { bold: 'll' }, 'o'],
-    };
-
-    test('renders a string with asterisks to denote mid-word bolding', () => {
-      expect(tsMarkdown([textEntry])).toBe('He**ll**o');
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe('with mid-word bolding and underscore indicator', () => {
-    const textEntry: TextEntry = {
-      text: ['He', { bold: 'll', indicator: '_' }, 'o'],
-    };
-
-    test('renders a string with asterisks to denote mid-word bolding, ignoring indicator setting per best practice', () => {
-      expect(tsMarkdown([textEntry])).toBe('He**ll**o');
-    });
-  });
-
-  /**
-   * Based on this recomendation: https://www.markdownguide.org/basic-syntax/#bold-best-practices
-   */
-  describe('with mid-word italicizing', () => {
-    const data: MarkdownEntry[] = [
-      {
-        text: ['He', { italic: 'll' }, 'o'],
-      },
-    ];
-
-    test('renders a string with asterisks to denote mid-word italicizing', () => {
-      expect(tsMarkdown(data)).toBe('He*ll*o');
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe('with mid-word tailicizing and underscore indicator', () => {
-    const textEntry: TextEntry = {
-      text: ['He', { italic: 'll', indicator: '_' }, 'o'],
-    };
-
-    test('renders a string with asterisks to denote mid-word italicizing, ignoring indicator setting per best practice', () => {
-      expect(tsMarkdown([textEntry])).toBe('He*ll*o');
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe('with mid-word bold and italics and underscore indicator', () => {
-    const textEntry: TextEntry = {
-      text: [
-        'He',
-        { italic: { bold: 'll', indicator: '_' }, indicator: '_' },
-        'o',
-      ],
-    };
-
-    test('renders a string with asterisks to denote mid-word bold and italicizing, ignoring indicator setting per best practice', () => {
-      expect(tsMarkdown([textEntry])).toBe('He***ll***o');
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe('with mid-word bold and italics and mixed indicators', () => {
-    const textEntry: TextEntry = {
-      text: [
-        'mid',
-        { italic: { bold: 'word', indicator: '_' }, indicator: '*' },
-        'rich-text',
-      ],
-    };
-
-    test('renders a string with asterisks to denote mid-word bold and italicizing, ignoring indicator setting per best practice', () => {
-      expect(tsMarkdown([textEntry])).toBe('mid***word***rich-text');
-    });
-  });
-
   describe('with a superscript', () => {
     const textEntry: TextEntry = {
       text: ['H', { sup: '2' }, 'O'],
diff --git a/src/rendering.ts b/src/rendering.ts
index ac6db83..0b36082 100644
--- a/src/rendering.ts
+++ b/src/rendering.ts
@@ -36,34 +36,9 @@ export function tsMarkdown(
     ? options.onDocumentFootnoteAppended(data, document, options)
     : document;
 
-  // TODO: Formalize a post-render callback option
-  document = correctInvalidMidWordBoldAndItalics(document);
-
   return document;
 }
 
-/**
- * Finds and corrects and mid-word bold/italics that use hyphens, changing the hyphens to asterisks, per best practice: https://www.markdownguide.org/basic-syntax/#bold-best-practices
- *
- * @param document the rendered document
- * @returns document with mid-world bold and italics set to asterisks
- */
-function correctInvalidMidWordBoldAndItalics(document: string): string {
-  return document
-    .replace(
-      /(?<pretext>[^\_^\s])(?<prefix1>[\_]{3})(?<text1>[^\s^\_]+)(?<suffix1>[\_]{3})|(?<prefix2>[\_]{3})(?<text2>[^\s^\_]+)(?<suffix2>[\_]{3})(?<posttext>[^\_^\s])/g,
-      '$<pretext>***$<text1>$<text2>***$<posttext>'
-    )
-    .replace(
-      /(?<pretext>[^\_^\s])(?<prefix1>[\_]{2})(?<text1>[^\s^\_]+)(?<suffix1>[\_]{2})|(?<prefix2>[\_]{2})(?<text2>[^\s^\_]+)(?<suffix2>[\_]{2})(?<posttext>[^\_^\s])/g,
-      '$<pretext>**$<text1>$<text2>**$<posttext>'
-    )
-    .replace(
-      /(?<pretext>[^\_^\s])(?<prefix1>[\_]{1})(?<text1>[^\s^\_]+)(?<suffix1>[\_]{1})|(?<prefix2>[\_]{1})(?<text2>[^\s^\_]+)(?<suffix2>[\_]{1})(?<posttext>[^\_^\s])/g,
-      '$<pretext>*$<text1>$<text2>*$<posttext>'
-    );
-}
-
 /**
  * Reduces an array of markdown entries to a single string.
  *