diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index ef1b651e..fc72739e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -5,5 +5,3 @@ notifications:
   disabled: true
 before_install:
  - sudo apt-get install -y asciidoc
- - sudo easy_install docutils
- 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/gollum/markup.rb b/lib/gollum/markup.rb
index 31e19cd6..3bac70d1 100644
--- a/lib/gollum/markup.rb
+++ b/lib/gollum/markup.rb
@@ -80,41 +80,17 @@ module Gollum
     def extract_tex(data)
       data.gsub(/\\\[\s*(.*?)\s*\\\]/m) do
         tag = CGI.escapeHTML($1)
-        id = generate_placeholder(tag, $&.length)
+        id  = Digest::SHA1.hexdigest(tag)
         @texmap[id] = [:block, tag]
         id
       end.gsub(/\\\(\s*(.*?)\s*\\\)/m) do
         tag = CGI.escapeHTML($1)
-        id = generate_placeholder(tag, $&.length)
+        id  = Digest::SHA1.hexdigest(tag)
         @texmap[id] = [:inline, tag]
         id
       end
     end
 
-    # Fit `id` into `len` by adding trailing spaces or truncating.
-    #
-    # id  - The String identifier to be fit.
-    # len - The Integer target length.
-    #
-    # Returns the newly-fit String.
-    def fit_width(id, len)
-      if id.length < len
-        id.ljust(len)
-      else
-        id[0...len]
-      end
-    end
-
-    # Generate a placeholder of a particular length.
-    #
-    # tag    - The original String tag to be processed later.
-    # length - The Integer length the placeholder should be.
-    #
-    # Returns the new placeholder String.
-    def generate_placeholder(tag, length)
-      fit_width(Digest::SHA1.hexdigest(tag), length)
-    end
-
     # Process all TeX from the texmap and replace the placeholders with the
     # final markup.
     #
@@ -155,14 +131,14 @@ module Gollum
             parts = $2.split('][')
             parts[0][0..4] = ""
             link = "#{parts[1]}|#{parts[0].sub(/\.org/,'')}"
-            id = generate_placeholder(link, $&.length)
+            id = Digest::SHA1.hexdigest(link)
             @tagmap[id] = link
             "#{pre}#{id}#{post}"
           else
             $&
           end
         else
-          id = generate_placeholder($2, $2.length+4)
+          id = Digest::SHA1.hexdigest($2)
           @tagmap[id] = $2
           "#{$1}#{id}#{$3}"
         end
@@ -409,7 +385,7 @@ module Gollum
     # Returns the placeholder'd String data.
     def extract_code(data)
       data.gsub!(/^([ \t]*)``` ?([^\r\n]+)?\r?\n(.+?)\r?\n\1```\r?$/m) do
-        id = generate_placeholder("#{$2}.#{$3}", [$2, $3].join.length)
+        id     = Digest::SHA1.hexdigest("#{$2}.#{$3}")
         cached = check_cache(:code, id)
         @codemap[id] = cached   ?
           { :output => cached } :
@@ -491,7 +467,7 @@ module Gollum
     # Returns the placeholder'd String data.
     def extract_wsd(data)
       data.gsub(/^\{\{\{ ?(.+?)\r?\n(.+?)\r?\n\}\}\}\r?$/m) do
-        id = generate_placeholder($2, $&.length)
+        id = Digest::SHA1.hexdigest($2)
         @wsdmap[id] = { :style => $1, :code => $2 }
         id
       end
diff --git a/test/test_markup.rb b/test/test_markup.rb
index 7be6d915..b14e597e 100644
--- a/test/test_markup.rb
+++ b/test/test_markup.rb
@@ -195,36 +195,6 @@ context "Markup" do
     assert_equal "<p><code>make a link [[home|sweet home]]</code></p>", page.formatted_data
   end
 
-  test "table with links" do
-    table = <<EOT
-+------------------------------+
-| Proposal      | Mentor       |
-+===============+==============+
-| [[Ray-Bans]]  | technoweenie |
-+------------------------------+
-EOT
-    expected_table = <<EOT
-<div class="document">
-<table border="1" class="docutils">
-<colgroup>
-<col width="52%">
-<col width="48%">
-</colgroup>
-<thead valign="bottom"><tr>
-<th class="head" colspan="2">Proposal      | Mentor</th>
-</tr></thead>
-<tbody valign="top"><tr>
-<td colspan="2">
-<a class="internal absent" href="/Ray-Bans">Ray-Bans</a>  | technoweenie</td>
-</tr></tbody>
-</table>
-</div>
-EOT
-    @wiki.write_page("Potato", :rest, table, commit_details)
-    page = @wiki.page("Potato")
-    assert_equal expected_table.chomp, page.formatted_data
-  end
-
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