diff --git a/Microsoft.Toolkit.Parsers/Markdown/Inlines/LinkAnchorInline.cs b/Microsoft.Toolkit.Parsers/Markdown/Inlines/LinkAnchorInline.cs
index d049ad3594b..29634727bb0 100644
--- a/Microsoft.Toolkit.Parsers/Markdown/Inlines/LinkAnchorInline.cs
+++ b/Microsoft.Toolkit.Parsers/Markdown/Inlines/LinkAnchorInline.cs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
 using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Xml;
+using System.Xml.Linq;
 using Microsoft.Toolkit.Parsers.Markdown.Helpers;
 
 namespace Microsoft.Toolkit.Parsers.Markdown.Inlines
@@ -85,10 +85,12 @@ internal static InlineParseResult Parse(string markdown, int start, int maxEnd)
 
             try
             {
-                var xml = new XmlDocument();
-                xml.LoadXml(contents);
-                var attr = xml.DocumentElement.Attributes.GetNamedItem("name");
-                link = attr.Value;
+                var xml = XElement.Parse(contents);
+                var attr = xml.Attribute("name");
+                if (attr != null)
+                {
+                    link = attr.Value;
+                }
             }
             catch
             {
diff --git a/Microsoft.Toolkit.Parsers/Microsoft.Toolkit.Parsers.csproj b/Microsoft.Toolkit.Parsers/Microsoft.Toolkit.Parsers.csproj
index d06645176ed..6a4fa27a3e5 100644
--- a/Microsoft.Toolkit.Parsers/Microsoft.Toolkit.Parsers.csproj
+++ b/Microsoft.Toolkit.Parsers/Microsoft.Toolkit.Parsers.csproj
@@ -10,10 +10,6 @@
     <DebugType>Full</DebugType>
   </PropertyGroup>
   
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="10.0.3" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-  
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.Toolkit\Microsoft.Toolkit.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>