diff --git a/js/pretext-webwork/2.16/pretext-webwork.js b/js/pretext-webwork/2.16/pretext-webwork.js
index 0461287677..fb0dd32877 100644
--- a/js/pretext-webwork/2.16/pretext-webwork.js
+++ b/js/pretext-webwork/2.16/pretext-webwork.js
@@ -476,7 +476,11 @@ function handleWW(ww_id, action) {
                  max-width:100%;
             }
             </style>` +
-            '</head><body><main class="pretext-content">' + form.outerHTML + '</main></body>' +
+            '</head><body>' +
+            '<div id="latex-macros" class="hidden-content process-math" style="display:none"><span class="process-math">\\(' +
+            document.getElementById('latex-macros-text').textContent +
+            '\\)</span></div>' +
+            '<main class="pretext-content">' + form.outerHTML + '</main></body>' +
             '</html>';
 
         let iframe;
diff --git a/js/pretext-webwork/2.17/pretext-webwork.js b/js/pretext-webwork/2.17/pretext-webwork.js
index 9b809e6efd..d56f1c8fd7 100644
--- a/js/pretext-webwork/2.17/pretext-webwork.js
+++ b/js/pretext-webwork/2.17/pretext-webwork.js
@@ -744,7 +744,11 @@ function handleWW(ww_id, action) {
 				background-repeat: no-repeat;
 			}
 			</style>` +
-			'</head><body><main class="pretext-content">' + form.outerHTML + '</main></body>' +
+			'</head><body>' +
+			'<div id="latex-macros" class="hidden-content process-math" style="display:none"><span class="process-math">\\(' +
+			document.getElementById('latex-macros-text').textContent +
+			'\\)</span></div>' +
+			'<main class="pretext-content">' + form.outerHTML + '</main></body>' +
 			'</html>';
 
 		let iframe;
diff --git a/js/pretext-webwork/2.18/pretext-webwork.js b/js/pretext-webwork/2.18/pretext-webwork.js
index c9b6b7cdd6..e62a9165ef 100644
--- a/js/pretext-webwork/2.18/pretext-webwork.js
+++ b/js/pretext-webwork/2.18/pretext-webwork.js
@@ -744,7 +744,11 @@ function handleWW(ww_id, action) {
 				background-repeat: no-repeat;
 			}
 			</style>` +
-			'</head><body><main class="pretext-content">' + form.outerHTML + '</main></body>' +
+			'</head><body>' +
+			'<div id="latex-macros" class="hidden-content process-math" style="display:none"><span class="process-math">\\(' +
+			document.getElementById('latex-macros-text').textContent +
+			'\\)</span></div>' +
+			'<main class="pretext-content">' + form.outerHTML + '</main></body>' +
 			'</html>';
 
 		let iframe;
diff --git a/js/pretext-webwork/2.19/pretext-webwork.js b/js/pretext-webwork/2.19/pretext-webwork.js
index e18b8b4f52..9612923ad1 100644
--- a/js/pretext-webwork/2.19/pretext-webwork.js
+++ b/js/pretext-webwork/2.19/pretext-webwork.js
@@ -415,6 +415,9 @@ async function handleWW(ww_id, action) {
                 .quill-toolbar { scrollbar-width: thin; overflow-x: hidden; }
             </style>` +
             '</head><body>' +
+            '<div id="latex-macros" class="hidden-content process-math" style="display:none"><span class="process-math">\\(' +
+            document.getElementById('latex-macros-text').textContent +
+            '\\)</span></div>' +
             '<main class="pretext-content problem-content" data-iframe-height="1">' + form.outerHTML + '</main></body>' +
             '</html>';
 
diff --git a/xsl/extract-pg.xsl b/xsl/extract-pg.xsl
index d0e57eb3c7..7d82c71e01 100644
--- a/xsl/extract-pg.xsl
+++ b/xsl/extract-pg.xsl
@@ -760,35 +760,6 @@
         <xsl:with-param name="b-human-readable" select="$b-human-readable" />
     </xsl:call-template>
     <xsl:text>TEXT(beginproblem());&#xa;</xsl:text>
-    <xsl:if test="not($b-human-readable)">
-        <!-- see select-latex-macros template -->
-        <xsl:variable name="macros">
-            <xsl:call-template name="select-latex-macros"/>
-        </xsl:variable>
-        <xsl:if test="$macros != ''">
-            <xsl:variable name="wrapped-macros">
-                <xsl:text>&lt;div style="display:none;">\(</xsl:text>
-                <xsl:value-of select="$macros" />
-                <xsl:text>\)&lt;/div></xsl:text>
-            </xsl:variable>
-            <xsl:variable name="delimiter">
-                <xsl:call-template name="find-unused-character">
-                    <xsl:with-param name="string" select="$wrapped-macros"/>
-                    <!-- https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43617820/what-are-the-legal-delimiters-for-perl-5s-pick-your-own-quotes-operators    -->
-                    <!-- NB: don't use (), <>, [], {}, because as perl delimiters, closer must be the right version; too complicated to check for -->
-                    <xsl:with-param name="charset" select="concat($apos,'|/?.,+-_~`!@$%^&amp;*')"/>
-                </xsl:call-template>
-            </xsl:variable>
-            <xsl:text>TEXT(MODES(PTX=&gt;'',HTML=&gt;</xsl:text>
-            <xsl:if test="$delimiter != $apos">
-                <xsl:text>q</xsl:text>
-            </xsl:if>
-            <xsl:value-of select="$delimiter"/>
-            <xsl:value-of select="$wrapped-macros"/>
-            <xsl:value-of select="$delimiter"/>
-            <xsl:text>));&#xa;</xsl:text>
-        </xsl:if>
-    </xsl:if>
     <xsl:if test="$b-human-readable">
         <xsl:text>&#xa;</xsl:text>
     </xsl:if>
@@ -1668,40 +1639,6 @@
     <xsl:text>&#xa;</xsl:text>
 </xsl:template>
 
-<!-- Inside math we need to print definitions for PTX author-defined      -->
-<!-- LaTeX macros to support WeBWorK's images display mode.               -->
-
-<!-- TODO: This named template examines the current context (see '.' in   -->
-<!-- contains() below), so should be a match template. But its recursive  -->
-<!-- implementation makes it a named template for now.                    -->
-<xsl:template name="select-latex-macros">
-    <xsl:param name="macros" select="$latex-macros" />
-    <xsl:variable name="trimmed-start">
-        <xsl:if test="contains($macros, '\newcommand{')">
-            <xsl:value-of select="substring-after($macros, '\newcommand{')"/>
-        </xsl:if>
-    </xsl:variable>
-    <xsl:variable name="macro-name">
-        <xsl:if test="contains($trimmed-start, '}')">
-            <xsl:value-of select="substring-before($trimmed-start, '}')"/>
-        </xsl:if>
-    </xsl:variable>
-    <xsl:variable name="macro-command">
-        <xsl:value-of select="substring-before($macros, '&#xa;')"/>
-    </xsl:variable>
-    <xsl:variable name="next-lines">
-        <xsl:value-of select="substring-after($macros, '&#xa;')"/>
-    </xsl:variable>
-    <xsl:if test="contains(., $macro-name)">
-        <xsl:value-of select="normalize-space($macro-command)"/>
-    </xsl:if>
-    <xsl:if test="not($next-lines = '')">
-        <xsl:call-template name="select-latex-macros">
-            <xsl:with-param name="macros" select="$next-lines"/>
-        </xsl:call-template>
-    </xsl:if>
-</xsl:template>
-
 <!-- ##################################################################### -->
 <!-- ##################################################################### -->
 <!-- Above: templates for elements that only ever apply within a webwork   -->
@@ -1800,9 +1737,6 @@
 <xsl:template match="m">
     <xsl:param name="b-human-readable" />
     <xsl:text>[`</xsl:text>
-    <xsl:if test="$b-human-readable">
-        <xsl:call-template name="select-latex-macros"/>
-    </xsl:if>
     <xsl:apply-templates select="text()|var" />
     <!-- look ahead to absorb immediate clause-ending punctuation -->
     <xsl:apply-templates select="." mode="get-clause-punctuation" />
@@ -1817,9 +1751,6 @@
         <xsl:call-template name="potential-list-indent" />
     </xsl:if>
     <xsl:text>[```</xsl:text>
-    <xsl:if test="$b-human-readable">
-        <xsl:call-template name="select-latex-macros"/>
-    </xsl:if>
     <xsl:apply-templates select="text()|var" />
     <!-- look ahead to absorb immediate clause-ending punctuation -->
     <xsl:apply-templates select="." mode="get-clause-punctuation" />
@@ -1902,9 +1833,6 @@
         <xsl:call-template name="potential-list-indent" />
     </xsl:if>
     <xsl:text>[```</xsl:text>
-    <xsl:if test="$b-human-readable">
-        <xsl:call-template name="select-latex-macros"/>
-    </xsl:if>
     <xsl:value-of select="$content" />
     <xsl:if test="ancestor::ul|ancestor::ol">
         <xsl:call-template name="potential-list-indent" />
diff --git a/xsl/pretext-html.xsl b/xsl/pretext-html.xsl
index 18199fedf8..a26710594d 100644
--- a/xsl/pretext-html.xsl
+++ b/xsl/pretext-html.xsl
@@ -13691,17 +13691,23 @@ TODO:
 <!-- sneaking in packages, which load first, in       -->
 <!-- case authors want to build on these macros       -->
 <xsl:template name="latex-macros">
+    <xsl:variable name="packages-and-macros">
+        <xsl:value-of select="$latex-packages-mathjax"/>
+        <xsl:value-of select="$latex-macros"/>
+        <xsl:call-template name="fillin-math"/>
+        <!-- legacy built-in support for "slanted|beveled|nice" fractions -->
+        <xsl:if test="$b-has-sfrac">
+            <xsl:text>\newcommand{\sfrac}[2]{{#1}/{#2}}&#xa;</xsl:text>
+        </xsl:if>
+    </xsl:variable>
     <div id="latex-macros" class="hidden-content process-math" style="display:none">
+        <xsl:if test="$b-has-webwork-reps">
+            <p id="latex-macros-text">
+                <xsl:value-of select="$packages-and-macros"/>
+            </p>
+        </xsl:if>
         <xsl:call-template name="inline-math-wrapper">
-            <xsl:with-param name="math">
-                <xsl:value-of select="$latex-packages-mathjax"/>
-                <xsl:value-of select="$latex-macros"/>
-                <xsl:call-template name="fillin-math"/>
-                <!-- legacy built-in support for "slanted|beveled|nice" fractions -->
-                <xsl:if test="$b-has-sfrac">
-                    <xsl:text>\newcommand{\sfrac}[2]{{#1}/{#2}}&#xa;</xsl:text>
-                </xsl:if>
-            </xsl:with-param>
+            <xsl:with-param name="math" select="$packages-and-macros"/>
         </xsl:call-template>
     </div>
 </xsl:template>
