diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 33dd213cb..974d28012 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Fixed
 
-- Fixed typing extensions import https://github.com/Textualize/rich/issues/2979
+- Fixed typing extensions import in markdown https://github.com/Textualize/rich/issues/2979
 
 ## [13.4.0] - 2023-06-31
 
diff --git a/rich/markdown.py b/rich/markdown.py
index 4c861517a..e2cedfaa8 100644
--- a/rich/markdown.py
+++ b/rich/markdown.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 from markdown_it import MarkdownIt
 from markdown_it.token import Token
-from typing_extensions import get_args
 
 if sys.version_info >= (3, 8):
     from typing import get_args