diff --git a/site/index.ts b/site/index.ts
index 554a6a67..65dd78ac 100644
--- a/site/index.ts
+++ b/site/index.ts
@@ -121,12 +121,6 @@ const ImageUploadHandler: ImageUploadOptions["handler"] = (file) =>
  * NOTE: synchronous renderers can simply return Promise.resolve()
  */
 const examplePreviewRenderer: PreviewRenderer = async (content, container) => {
-    const spinner = document.createElement("span");
-    spinner.className = "is-loading";
-    spinner.textContent =
-        "Intentionally delaying render for example purposes...";
-    container.appendChild(spinner);
-
     // add a fake load delay (because we can)
     await sleepAsync(500);
 
diff --git a/src/commonmark/plugins/preview.ts b/src/commonmark/plugins/preview.ts
index 94bdb8a9..b356cd26 100644
--- a/src/commonmark/plugins/preview.ts
+++ b/src/commonmark/plugins/preview.ts
@@ -99,8 +99,6 @@ class PreviewView implements PluginView {
 
         // if showing the preview, fire off the renderer async
         if (this.isShown) {
-            // always clear the preview before re-rendering
-            this.dom.innerHTML = "";
             this.container.appendChild(this.dom);
 
             void this.renderer?.(text, this.dom).catch((e) =>