diff --git a/lib/src/generator/templates.runtime_renderers.dart b/lib/src/generator/templates.runtime_renderers.dart
index 8ab27dc425..56e8c70b3f 100644
--- a/lib/src/generator/templates.runtime_renderers.dart
+++ b/lib/src/generator/templates.runtime_renderers.dart
@@ -4215,20 +4215,6 @@ class _Renderer_DocumentationComment
                       self.renderSimpleVariable(c, remainingNames, 'bool'),
                   getBool: (CT_ c) => c.hasNodoc,
                 ),
-                'modelElementRenderer': Property(
-                  getValue: (CT_ c) => c.modelElementRenderer,
-                  renderVariable: (CT_ c, Property<CT_> self,
-                          List<String> remainingNames) =>
-                      self.renderSimpleVariable(
-                          c, remainingNames, 'ModelElementRenderer'),
-                  isNullValue: (CT_ c) => false,
-                  renderValue: (CT_ c, RendererBase<CT_> r,
-                      List<MustachioNode> ast, StringSink sink) {
-                    renderSimple(c.modelElementRenderer, ast, r.template, sink,
-                        parent: r,
-                        getters: _invisibleGetters['ModelElementRenderer']!);
-                  },
-                ),
                 'needsPrecache': Property(
                   getValue: (CT_ c) => c.needsPrecache,
                   renderVariable: (CT_ c, Property<CT_> self,
@@ -16140,7 +16126,6 @@ const _invisibleGetters = {
     'fullyQualifiedNameWithoutLibrary',
     'hasDocumentationComment',
     'hasNodoc',
-    'modelElementRenderer',
     'needsPrecache',
     'pathContext',
     'sourceFileName'
@@ -16574,7 +16559,6 @@ const _invisibleGetters = {
     'runtimeType',
     'superclassConstraints'
   },
-  'ModelElementRenderer': {'hashCode', 'runtimeType'},
   'ModelNode': {'hashCode', 'runtimeType', 'sourceCode'},
   'PackageGraph': {
     'allConstructedModelElements',
diff --git a/lib/src/model/documentation_comment.dart b/lib/src/model/documentation_comment.dart
index 154ba60218..fd89a19e81 100644
--- a/lib/src/model/documentation_comment.dart
+++ b/lib/src/model/documentation_comment.dart
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import 'package:dartdoc/src/model/documentation.dart';
 import 'package:dartdoc/src/model/inheritable.dart';
 import 'package:dartdoc/src/model/locatable.dart';
 import 'package:dartdoc/src/model/source_code_mixin.dart';
-import 'package:dartdoc/src/render/model_element_renderer.dart';
 import 'package:dartdoc/src/utils.dart';
 import 'package:dartdoc/src/warnings.dart';
 import 'package:meta/meta.dart';
@@ -136,8 +135,6 @@ mixin DocumentationComment
 
   p.Context get pathContext;
 
-  ModelElementRenderer get modelElementRenderer;
-
   static const _allDirectiveNames = {
     'animation',
     'end-inject-html',
@@ -360,7 +357,29 @@ mixin DocumentationComment
       }
       var youTubeId = url.group(url.groupCount)!;
 
-      return modelElementRenderer.renderYoutubeUrl(youTubeId, width, height);
+      // Blank lines before and after, and no indenting at the beginning and end
+      // is needed so that Markdown doesn't confuse this with code, so be
+      // careful of whitespace here.
+      return '''
+
+<iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/$youTubeId?rel=0" 
+        title="YouTube video player" 
+        frameborder="0" 
+        allow="accelerometer; 
+               autoplay; 
+               clipboard-write; 
+               encrypted-media; 
+               gyroscope; 
+               picture-in-picture" 
+        allowfullscreen="" 
+        style="max-width: ${width}px;
+               max-height: ${height}px;
+               width: 100%;
+               height: 100%;
+               aspect-ratio: $width / $height;">
+</iframe>
+
+'''; // Must end at start of line, or following inline text will be indented.
     });
   }
 
@@ -477,8 +496,41 @@ mixin DocumentationComment
       }
       var overlayId = '${uniqueId}_play_button_';
 
-      return modelElementRenderer.renderAnimation(
-          uniqueId, width, height, movieUrl, overlayId);
+      return '''
+
+<div style="position: relative;">
+  <div id="$overlayId"
+       onclick="var $uniqueId = document.getElementById('$uniqueId');
+                if ($uniqueId.paused) {
+                  $uniqueId.play();
+                  this.style.display = 'none';
+                } else {
+                  $uniqueId.pause();
+                  this.style.display = 'block';
+                }"
+       style="position:absolute;
+              width:${width}px;
+              height:${height}px;
+              z-index:100000;
+              background-position: center;
+              background-repeat: no-repeat;
+              background-image: url(static-assets/play_button.svg);">
+  </div>
+  <video id="$uniqueId"
+         style="width:${width}px; height:${height}px;"
+         onclick="var $overlayId = document.getElementById('$overlayId');
+                  if (this.paused) {
+                    this.play();
+                    $overlayId.style.display = 'none';
+                  } else {
+                    this.pause();
+                    $overlayId.style.display = 'block';
+                  }" loop>
+    <source src="$movieUrl" type="video/mp4"/>
+  </video>
+</div>
+
+'''; // Must end at start of line, or following inline text will be indented.
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/src/model/model_element.dart b/lib/src/model/model_element.dart
index ff251b57f5..d3cc911503 100644
--- a/lib/src/model/model_element.dart
+++ b/lib/src/model/model_element.dart
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import 'package:dartdoc/src/model/feature_set.dart';
 import 'package:dartdoc/src/model/model.dart';
 import 'package:dartdoc/src/model/prefix.dart';
 import 'package:dartdoc/src/model_utils.dart' as utils;
-import 'package:dartdoc/src/render/model_element_renderer.dart';
 import 'package:dartdoc/src/render/parameter_renderer.dart';
 import 'package:dartdoc/src/runtime_stats.dart';
 import 'package:dartdoc/src/source_linker.dart';
@@ -413,7 +412,14 @@ abstract class ModelElement extends Canonicalization
     };
   }
 
-  String get attributesAsString => modelElementRenderer.renderAttributes(this);
+  String get attributesAsString {
+    var allAttributes = attributes.toList(growable: false)
+      ..sort(byAttributeOrdering);
+    return allAttributes
+        .map((f) =>
+            '<span class="${f.cssClassName}">${f.linkedNameWithParameters}</span>')
+        .join();
+  }
 
   // True if this is a function, or if it is an type alias to a function.
   bool get isCallable =>
@@ -677,14 +683,10 @@ abstract class ModelElement extends Canonicalization
       return htmlEscape.convert(name);
     }
 
-    return modelElementRenderer.renderLinkedName(this);
+    var cssClass = isDeprecated ? ' class="deprecated"' : '';
+    return '<a$cssClass href="$href">$displayName</a>';
   }();
 
-  @visibleForTesting
-  @override
-  ModelElementRenderer get modelElementRenderer =>
-      const ModelElementRendererHtml();
-
   ParameterRenderer get _parameterRenderer => const ParameterRendererHtml();
 
   ParameterRenderer get _parameterRendererDetailed =>
diff --git a/lib/src/render/model_element_renderer.dart b/lib/src/render/model_element_renderer.dart
deleted file mode 100644
index bff766a79e..0000000000
--- a/lib/src/render/model_element_renderer.dart
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,104 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2019, the Dart project authors. Please see the AUTHORS file
-// for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
-// BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
-
-import 'package:dartdoc/src/model/attribute.dart';
-import 'package:dartdoc/src/model/model_element.dart';
-
-abstract class ModelElementRenderer {
-  const ModelElementRenderer();
-
-  String renderLinkedName(ModelElement modelElement);
-
-  String renderYoutubeUrl(String youTubeId, int width, int height);
-
-  String renderAnimation(
-      String uniqueId, int width, int height, Uri movieUrl, String overlayId);
-
-  String renderAttributes(ModelElement modelElement) {
-    var allAttributes = modelElement.attributes.toList(growable: false)
-      ..sort(byAttributeOrdering);
-    return allAttributes
-        .map((f) =>
-            '<span class="${f.cssClassName}">${f.linkedNameWithParameters}</span>')
-        .join();
-  }
-}
-
-class ModelElementRendererHtml extends ModelElementRenderer {
-  const ModelElementRendererHtml();
-
-  @override
-  String renderLinkedName(ModelElement modelElement) {
-    var cssClass = modelElement.isDeprecated ? ' class="deprecated"' : '';
-    return '<a$cssClass href="${modelElement.href}">'
-        '${modelElement.displayName}</a>';
-  }
-
-  @override
-  String renderYoutubeUrl(String youTubeId, int width, int height) {
-    // Blank lines before and after, and no indenting at the beginning and end
-    // is needed so that Markdown doesn't confuse this with code, so be
-    // careful of whitespace here.
-    return '''
-
-<iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/$youTubeId?rel=0" 
-        title="YouTube video player" 
-        frameborder="0" 
-        allow="accelerometer; 
-               autoplay; 
-               clipboard-write; 
-               encrypted-media; 
-               gyroscope; 
-               picture-in-picture" 
-        allowfullscreen="" 
-        style="max-width: ${width}px;
-               max-height: ${height}px;
-               width: 100%;
-               height: 100%;
-               aspect-ratio: $width / $height;">
-</iframe>
-
-'''; // Must end at start of line, or following inline text will be indented.
-  }
-
-  @override
-  String renderAnimation(
-      String uniqueId, int width, int height, Uri movieUrl, String overlayId) {
-    return '''
-
-<div style="position: relative;">
-  <div id="$overlayId"
-       onclick="var $uniqueId = document.getElementById('$uniqueId');
-                if ($uniqueId.paused) {
-                  $uniqueId.play();
-                  this.style.display = 'none';
-                } else {
-                  $uniqueId.pause();
-                  this.style.display = 'block';
-                }"
-       style="position:absolute;
-              width:${width}px;
-              height:${height}px;
-              z-index:100000;
-              background-position: center;
-              background-repeat: no-repeat;
-              background-image: url(static-assets/play_button.svg);">
-  </div>
-  <video id="$uniqueId"
-         style="width:${width}px; height:${height}px;"
-         onclick="var $overlayId = document.getElementById('$overlayId');
-                  if (this.paused) {
-                    this.play();
-                    $overlayId.style.display = 'none';
-                  } else {
-                    this.pause();
-                    $overlayId.style.display = 'block';
-                  }" loop>
-    <source src="$movieUrl" type="video/mp4"/>
-  </video>
-</div>
-
-'''; // Must end at start of line, or following inline text will be indented.
-  }
-}
diff --git a/test/documentation_comment_test.dart b/test/documentation_comment_test.dart
index 8088697899..cdad6b2be0 100644
--- a/test/documentation_comment_test.dart
+++ b/test/documentation_comment_test.dart
@@ -111,16 +111,43 @@ More text.'''));
 ''');
 
     expectNoWarnings();
-    var rendered = libraryModel.modelElementRenderer.renderAnimation(
-        'barHerderAnimation',
-        100,
-        200,
-        Uri.parse('http://host/path/to/video.mp4'),
-        'barHerderAnimation_play_button_');
     expect(doc, equals('''
 Text.
 
-$rendered
+
+<div style="position: relative;">
+  <div id="barHerderAnimation_play_button_"
+       onclick="var barHerderAnimation = document.getElementById('barHerderAnimation');
+                if (barHerderAnimation.paused) {
+                  barHerderAnimation.play();
+                  this.style.display = 'none';
+                } else {
+                  barHerderAnimation.pause();
+                  this.style.display = 'block';
+                }"
+       style="position:absolute;
+              width:100px;
+              height:200px;
+              z-index:100000;
+              background-position: center;
+              background-repeat: no-repeat;
+              background-image: url(static-assets/play_button.svg);">
+  </div>
+  <video id="barHerderAnimation"
+         style="width:100px; height:200px;"
+         onclick="var barHerderAnimation_play_button_ = document.getElementById('barHerderAnimation_play_button_');
+                  if (this.paused) {
+                    this.play();
+                    barHerderAnimation_play_button_.style.display = 'none';
+                  } else {
+                    this.pause();
+                    barHerderAnimation_play_button_.style.display = 'block';
+                  }" loop>
+    <source src="http://host/path/to/video.mp4" type="video/mp4"/>
+  </video>
+</div>
+
+
 
 End text.'''));
   }