diff --git a/frappe/core/doctype/communication/communication.py b/frappe/core/doctype/communication/communication.py
index d55d89cdea..dc7f150909 100644
--- a/frappe/core/doctype/communication/communication.py
+++ b/frappe/core/doctype/communication/communication.py
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ def get_customer_supplier(args=None):
 def send_comm_email(d, name, sent_via=None, print_html=None, attachments='[]', send_me_a_copy=False):
 	footer = None
 
+
 	if sent_via:
 		if hasattr(sent_via, "get_sender"):
 			d.sender = sent_via.get_sender(d) or d.sender
diff --git a/frappe/templates/emails/new_message.html b/frappe/templates/emails/new_message.html
index b51e7129f4..a4a2ea933d 100644
--- a/frappe/templates/emails/new_message.html
+++ b/frappe/templates/emails/new_message.html
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 <p>You have a new message from: <b>{{ from }}</b></p>
 <p>{{ message }}</p>
 <hr>
-<p><a href="{{ link }}">Login and view in Browser</a></p>
\ No newline at end of file
+<p><a href="{{ link }}">Login and view in Browser</a></p>
diff --git a/frappe/templates/emails/new_user.html b/frappe/templates/emails/new_user.html
index 8c6b099c29..ef46f02dc3 100644
--- a/frappe/templates/emails/new_user.html
+++ b/frappe/templates/emails/new_user.html
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 <p>Dear {{ first_name }}{% if last_name %} {{ last_name}}{% endif %},</p>
 <p>A new account has been created for you.</p>
 <p>Your login id is: <b>{{ user }}</b>
-<p>Click on the button below to complete your registration and set a new password.</p>
-<p><a class="btn-primary" href="{{ link }}">Complete Registration</a></p>
+<p>Click on the link below to complete your registration and set a new password.</p>
+<p><b><a href="{{ link }}">Complete Registration</a></b></p>
 <br>
 <p>You can also copy-paste this link in your browser <a href="{{ link }}">{{ link }}</a></p>
 <p>Thank you,<br>
-{{ user_fullname }}</p>
\ No newline at end of file
+{{ user_fullname }}</p>
diff --git a/frappe/templates/emails/standard.html b/frappe/templates/emails/standard.html
index a8f8ffd4de..d3a719a9b9 100644
--- a/frappe/templates/emails/standard.html
+++ b/frappe/templates/emails/standard.html
@@ -4,273 +4,16 @@
 <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />
 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
 <title>{{ subject or "" }}</title>
-<style>
-/* -------------------------------------
-		GLOBAL
-------------------------------------- */
-img {
-	max-width: 100%;
-}
-
-body {
-	width: 100% !important;
-	height: 100%;
-}
-
-.wrapper {
-	background-color: #eee;
-}
-
-.wrapper * {
-	margin:0;
-	padding:0;
-	font-family: "Helvetica Neue", "Helvetica", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
-	font-size: 100%;
-	line-height: 1.6;
-}
-
-/* -------------------------------------
-		ELEMENTS
-------------------------------------- */
-.wrapper a {
-	color: #348eda;
-}
-
-.btn-primary{
-	text-decoration:none;
-	color: #FFF !important;
-	background-color: #348eda;
-	border:solid #348eda;
-	border-width:10px 20px;
-	line-height:2;
-	font-weight:bold;
-	margin-right:10px;
-	text-align:center;
-	cursor:pointer;
-	display: inline-block;
-	border-radius: 25px;
-}
-
-.btn-secondary {
-	text-decoration:none;
-	color: #FFF !important;
-	background-color: #aaa;
-	border:solid #aaa;
-	border-width:10px 20px;
-	line-height:2;
-	font-weight:bold;
-	margin-right:10px;
-	text-align:center;
-	cursor:pointer;
-	display: inline-block;
-	border-radius: 25px;
-}
-
-.last {
-	margin-bottom: 0;
-}
-
-.first {
-	margin-top: 0;
-}
-
-.padding{
-	padding:10px 0;
-}
-
-.left-padding {
-	padding-left: 10px;
-}
-
-.breadcrumb {
-  list-style: none;
-}
-
-.breadcrumb > li {
-  display: inline-block;
-  margin-left: 0px;
-  margin-right: 5px;
-}
-
-/* -------------------------------------
-		BODY
-------------------------------------- */
-table.body-wrap {
-	width: 100%;
-	padding: 10px;
-}
-
-table.body-wrap .container{
-	border: 1px solid #f0f0f0;
-}
-
-
-/* -------------------------------------
-		FOOTER
-------------------------------------- */
-table.footer-wrap {
-	width: 100%;
-	clear:both!important;
-}
-
-.footer-wrap .container p {
-	font-size:12px;
-	color:#666;
-
-}
-
-table.footer-wrap a{
-	color: #999;
-}
-
-
-/* -------------------------------------
-		TYPOGRAPHY
-------------------------------------- */
-.wrapper h1,
-.wrapper h2,
-.wrapper h3{
-	font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif;
-	line-height: 1.1;
-	margin-top:15px;
-	margin-bottom:15px;
-	color:#000;
-	line-height: 1.2;
-	font-weight:200;
-}
-
-.wrapper h1 {
-	font-size: 36px;
-}
-.wrapper h2 {
-	font-size: 28px;
-}
-.wrapper h3 {
-	font-size: 22px;
-}
-.wrapper hr {
-    margin: 20px 0;
-    border-top: 1px solid #eee;
-}
-.wrapper p,
-.wrapper ul,
-.wrapper ol {
-	margin-bottom: 10px;
-	font-weight: normal;
-	font-size:14px;
-}
-
-.wrapper ul li,
-.wrapper ol li {
-	margin-left:5px;
-	list-style-position: inside;
-}
-
-/* ---------------------------------------------------
-		RESPONSIVENESS
-		Nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
------------------------------------------------------- */
-
-/* Set a max-width, and make it display as block so it will automatically stretch to that width, but will also shrink down on a phone or something */
-.container {
-	display:block!important;
-	max-width:600px!important;
-	margin:0 auto!important; /* makes it centered */
-	clear:both!important;
-}
-
-/* Set the padding on the td rather than the div for Outlook compatibility */
-.body-wrap .container{
-	padding:20px;
-}
-
-/* This should also be a block element, so that it will fill 100% of the .container */
-.content {
-	max-width:600px;
-	margin:0 auto;
-	display:block;
-}
-
-/* Let's make sure tables in the content area are 100% wide */
-.content table {
-	width: 100%;
-}
-
-a.no-decoration {
-	text-decoration: none;
-	color: inherit;
-}
-
-small, .small {
-    font-size: 85%;
-}
-
-.text-muted {
-	color: #999999;
-}
-
-pre, code {
-	font-family: monospace !important;
-}
-
-</style>
 </head>
-
 <body>
-
-<div class="wrapper">
-
 <!-- body -->
-<table class="body-wrap">
-	<tr>
-		<td></td>
-		<td class="container" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
-
-			<!-- content -->
-			<div class="content">
-			<table>
-				<tr>
-					<td>
-						{{ content }}
-					</td>
-				</tr>
-			</table>
-			</div>
-			<!-- /content -->
-
-		</td>
-		<td></td>
-	</tr>
-</table>
-<!-- /body -->
+<div style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">{{ content }}</div>
 
 <!-- footer -->
-<table class="footer-wrap">
-	<tr>
-		<td></td>
-		<td class="container">
-
-			<!-- content -->
-			<div class="content">
-				<table>
-					<tr>
-						<td align="center">
-							{{ footer }}
-						</td>
-					</tr>
-				</table>
-			</div>
-			<!-- /content -->
+<div style="margin-top: 30px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">
+	{{ footer }}</div>
 
-		</td>
-		<td></td>
-	</tr>
-</table>
 <!-- /footer -->
-
-</div>
-
 <div class="print-html">{{ print_html or "" }}</div>
-
 </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/frappe/utils/email_lib/email_body.py b/frappe/utils/email_lib/email_body.py
index 0ceecb6f5d..f65d60613f 100644
--- a/frappe/utils/email_lib/email_body.py
+++ b/frappe/utils/email_lib/email_body.py
@@ -6,13 +6,14 @@ import frappe
 from frappe import msgprint, throw, _
 from frappe.utils import scrub_urls, cstr
 import email.utils
+from markdown2 import markdown
+
 
 def get_email(recipients, sender='', msg='', subject='[No Subject]',
 	text_content = None, footer=None, print_html=None, formatted=None):
 	"""send an html email as multipart with attachments and all"""
 	emailobj = EMail(sender, recipients, subject)
-	if (not '<br>' in msg) and (not '<p>' in msg) and (not '<div' in msg):
-		msg = msg.replace('\n', '<br>')
+	msg = markdown(msg)
 	emailobj.set_html(msg, text_content, footer=footer, print_html=print_html, formatted=formatted)
 
 	return emailobj
@@ -189,7 +190,6 @@ class EMail:
 
 def get_formatted_html(subject, message, footer=None, print_html=None):
 	# imported here to avoid cyclic import
-	import inlinestyler.utils
 
 	message = scrub_urls(message)
 	rendered_email = frappe.get_template("templates/emails/standard.html").render({
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ def get_formatted_html(subject, message, footer=None, print_html=None):
 	if frappe.local.flags.in_test:
 		return rendered_email
 
-	return cstr(inlinestyler.utils.inline_css(rendered_email))
+	return rendered_email
 
 def get_footer(footer=None):
 	"""append a footer (signature)"""
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 76e3d85520..c309d80ebd 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ slugify
 termcolor
 werkzeug
 semantic_version
-lxml
-inlinestyler
 rauth>=0.6.2
 requests==1.2.3
 celery