diff --git a/_plugins/hook_mailto_email_protector.rb b/_plugins/hook_mailto_email_protector.rb
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--- a/_plugins/hook_mailto_email_protector.rb
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-Jekyll::Hooks.register([:pages, :posts, :documents], :pre_render) do |post|
-  # This will run every time the website is built
-
-  # Include a plugin (needs to be in gemfile)
-  include Jekyll::EmailProtect::EmailProtectionFilter
-
-  # Using a simpler version of email regexp
-  email_regexp = /mailto\:(?:[\'\"]*)(?:[\w+\-]\.?)+@[a-z\d\-]+(?:\.[a-z]+)*\.[a-z]+(?:[\'\"]*)/i
-
-  # Take post's content, and transform every occurence of the following regexp (an email)
-  post.content = post.content.gsub(email_regexp) {
-    # For every occurence, apply protection function:
-    |param| "mailto:" + Jekyll::EmailProtect::EmailProtectionFilter::encode_email(param[7..-1].delete("'").delete('"'))
-  }
-end
-