diff -NarU2 easymde-orig/gulpfile.js easymde-mod1/gulpfile.js
--- easymde-orig/gulpfile.js	2020-04-06 14:09:36.000000000 +0200
+++ easymde-mod1/gulpfile.js	2020-05-01 14:33:52.260175200 +0200
@@ -25,5 +25,4 @@
     './node_modules/codemirror/lib/codemirror.css',
     './src/css/*.css',
-    './node_modules/codemirror-spell-checker/src/css/spell-checker.css',
 ];
 
diff -NarU2 easymde-orig/package.json easymde-mod1/package.json
--- easymde-orig/package.json	2020-04-06 14:09:36.000000000 +0200
+++ easymde-mod1/package.json	2020-05-01 14:33:57.189975800 +0200
@@ -21,5 +21,4 @@
     "dependencies": {
         "codemirror": "^5.52.2",
-        "codemirror-spell-checker": "1.1.2",
         "marked": "^0.8.2"
     },
diff -NarU2 easymde-orig/src/js/easymde.js easymde-mod1/src/js/easymde.js
--- easymde-orig/src/js/easymde.js	2020-04-06 14:09:36.000000000 +0200
+++ easymde-mod1/src/js/easymde.js	2020-05-01 14:34:19.878774400 +0200
@@ -11,5 +11,4 @@
 require('codemirror/mode/gfm/gfm.js');
 require('codemirror/mode/xml/xml.js');
-var CodeMirrorSpellChecker = require('codemirror-spell-checker');
 var marked = require('marked/lib/marked');
 
@@ -1889,18 +1888,7 @@
 
     var mode, backdrop;
-    if (options.spellChecker !== false) {
-        mode = 'spell-checker';
-        backdrop = options.parsingConfig;
-        backdrop.name = 'gfm';
-        backdrop.gitHubSpice = false;
-
-        CodeMirrorSpellChecker({
-            codeMirrorInstance: CodeMirror,
-        });
-    } else {
         mode = options.parsingConfig;
         mode.name = 'gfm';
         mode.gitHubSpice = false;
-    }
 
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
@@ -1927,5 +1915,4 @@
         configureMouse: configureMouse,
         inputStyle: (options.inputStyle != undefined) ? options.inputStyle : isMobile() ? 'contenteditable' : 'textarea',
-        spellcheck: (options.nativeSpellcheck != undefined) ? options.nativeSpellcheck : true,
     });