diff --git a/components/config/src/config/markup.rs b/components/config/src/config/markup.rs
index 5396b2db..f92b8ed2 100644
--- a/components/config/src/config/markup.rs
+++ b/components/config/src/config/markup.rs
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ impl Markdown {
     }
 
     /// Gets an arbitrary theme from the THEME_SET or the extra_theme_set
-    pub fn get_highlight_theme_by_name<'config>(&'config self, theme_name: &str) -> &'config Theme {
+    pub fn get_highlight_theme_by_name(&self, theme_name: &str) -> &Theme {
         (*self.extra_theme_set)
             .as_ref()
             .and_then(|ts| ts.themes.get(theme_name))
diff --git a/components/site/src/lib.rs b/components/site/src/lib.rs
index e86cd166..10c8a05c 100644
--- a/components/site/src/lib.rs
+++ b/components/site/src/lib.rs
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ impl Site {
         let path = path.as_ref();
         let config_file = config_file.as_ref();
         let mut config = get_config(config_file)?;
-        config.markdown.load_extra_syntaxes_and_highlight_themes(path)?;
 
         if let Some(theme) = config.theme.clone() {
             // Grab data from the extra section of the theme