diff --git a/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/shared/views/TipTapEditor/TipTapEditor/components/EditorToolbar.vue b/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/shared/views/TipTapEditor/TipTapEditor/components/EditorToolbar.vue
index 39374181a8..41e6f73add 100644
--- a/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/shared/views/TipTapEditor/TipTapEditor/components/EditorToolbar.vue
+++ b/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/shared/views/TipTapEditor/TipTapEditor/components/EditorToolbar.vue
@@ -391,7 +391,9 @@
         // 'script',
         'lists',
         'clearFormat',
-        'align',
+        // Perseus flavoured markdown does not support alignment,
+        // so we disable this for now until we stop using markdown as the primary target
+        // 'align',
         'clipboard',
         'textFormat',
       ];
diff --git a/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/shared/views/TipTapEditor/TipTapEditor/components/toolbar/MobileFormattingBar.vue b/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/shared/views/TipTapEditor/TipTapEditor/components/toolbar/MobileFormattingBar.vue
index 2d254fa4a9..7cd939cf70 100644
--- a/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/shared/views/TipTapEditor/TipTapEditor/components/toolbar/MobileFormattingBar.vue
+++ b/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/shared/views/TipTapEditor/TipTapEditor/components/toolbar/MobileFormattingBar.vue
@@ -81,13 +81,17 @@
         :is-active="action.isActive"
         @click="action.handler"
       />
+      <!-- Perseus flavoured markdown does not support alignment,
+        so we disable this for now until we stop using markdown as the primary target
       <ToolbarDivider />
       <ToolbarButton
         :title="alignAction.title"
         :icon="alignAction.icon"
         :is-active="alignAction.isActive"
         @click="alignAction.handler"
-      />
+      /> -->
+      <!-- Perseus flavoured markdown does not support super and sub script,
+        so we disable this for now until we stop using markdown as the primary target
       <ToolbarDivider />
       <ToolbarButton
         v-for="action in scriptActions"
@@ -96,7 +100,7 @@
         :icon="action.icon"
         :is-active="action.isActive"
         @click="action.handler"
-      />
+      /> -->
       <ToolbarDivider />
       <ToolbarButton
         v-for="tool in insertTools"
@@ -138,8 +142,7 @@
         textFormattingToolbar$,
       } = getTipTapEditorStrings();
 
-      const { textActions, listActions, scriptActions, insertTools, alignAction } =
-        useToolbarActions(emit);
+      const { textActions, listActions, insertTools } = useToolbarActions(emit);
 
       const { canIncreaseFormat, canDecreaseFormat, increaseFormat, decreaseFormat } =
         useFormatControls();
@@ -206,9 +209,7 @@
         keyboardOffset,
         textActions,
         listActions,
-        scriptActions,
         insertTools,
-        alignAction,
         toggleToolbar,
         canIncreaseFormat,
         canDecreaseFormat,