diff --git a/plugins/markdown/core/backend/resources/intellij.markdown.backend.xml b/plugins/markdown/core/backend/resources/intellij.markdown.backend.xml
index 253fc5a9aea0..1eeff533b531 100644
--- a/plugins/markdown/core/backend/resources/intellij.markdown.backend.xml
+++ b/plugins/markdown/core/backend/resources/intellij.markdown.backend.xml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
     <dependencies>
       <module name="intellij.platform.backend"/>
       <module name="intellij.platform.kernel.backend"/>
+      <module name="intellij.markdown"/>
     </dependencies>
     <extensions defaultExtensionNs="com.intellij">
       <platform.rpc.backend.remoteApiProvider
diff --git a/plugins/markdown/core/frontend/resources/intellij.markdown.frontend.xml b/plugins/markdown/core/frontend/resources/intellij.markdown.frontend.xml
index db64c2943054..35157811541a 100644
--- a/plugins/markdown/core/frontend/resources/intellij.markdown.frontend.xml
+++ b/plugins/markdown/core/frontend/resources/intellij.markdown.frontend.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <idea-plugin>
   <dependencies>
     <module name="intellij.platform.frontend"/>
+    <module name="intellij.markdown"/>
   </dependencies>
   <extensions defaultExtensionNs="com.intellij">
     <applicationService serviceInterface="org.intellij.plugins.markdown.ui.preview.accessor.MarkdownLinkOpener"
diff --git a/plugins/markdown/core/plugin-content.yaml b/plugins/markdown/core/plugin-content.yaml
index c58d0bb06441..dc9f1a857749 100644
--- a/plugins/markdown/core/plugin-content.yaml
+++ b/plugins/markdown/core/plugin-content.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 - name: lib/markdown.jar
-  modules:
-  - name: intellij.markdown
   contentModules:
+  - name: intellij.markdown
   - name: intellij.markdown.fenceInjection
   - name: intellij.markdown.frontmatter
   - name: intellij.markdown.frontmatter.yaml
diff --git a/plugins/markdown/core/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml b/plugins/markdown/core/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
index d85c2bb5a796..eb02e81d86ab 100644
--- a/plugins/markdown/core/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
+++ b/plugins/markdown/core/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
   </dependencies>
 
   <content>
+    <module name="intellij.markdown" loading="embedded"/>
     <module name="intellij.markdown.fenceInjection"/>
     <module name="intellij.markdown.frontmatter"/>
     <module name="intellij.markdown.frontmatter.yaml"/>
@@ -395,7 +396,6 @@
     <browserPreviewExtensionProvider implementation="org.intellij.plugins.markdown.extensions.common.InlineStylesExtension$Provider"/>
 
     <browserPreviewExtensionProvider implementation="org.intellij.plugins.markdown.extensions.jcef.ProcessLinksExtension$Provider"/>
-    <browserPreviewExtensionProvider implementation="org.intellij.plugins.markdown.extensions.jcef.ProcessImagesExtension$Provider"/>
     <browserPreviewExtensionProvider implementation="org.intellij.plugins.markdown.extensions.jcef.commandRunner.CommandRunnerExtension$Provider"/>
 
     <fenceLanguageProvider id="DefaultMermaidCodeFenceLanguageProvider"
diff --git a/plugins/markdown/core/resources/intellij.markdown.xml b/plugins/markdown/core/resources/intellij.markdown.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bb3857350781
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/markdown/core/resources/intellij.markdown.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<idea-plugin>
+  <extensions defaultExtensionNs="org.intellij.markdown">
+    <browserPreviewExtensionProvider implementation="org.intellij.plugins.markdown.extensions.jcef.ProcessImagesExtension$Provider"/>
+  </extensions>
+</idea-plugin>