diff --git a/modules/ve-math/tools/makeSvgsAndCss.js b/modules/ve-math/tools/makeSvgsAndCss.js
index 6e43ed8..b920ad6 100755
--- a/modules/ve-math/tools/makeSvgsAndCss.js
+++ b/modules/ve-math/tools/makeSvgsAndCss.js
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 				{ convertTransform: false }
 			]
 		} ),
-		xml2js = require( 'xml2js' ),
 		mathoidMaxConnections = 20,
 		// If symbol.alignBaseline is true, a background-position property will be added to the
 		// CSS rule to shift the baseline of the SVG to be a certain proportion of the way up the
@@ -76,7 +75,8 @@
 
 			res.on( 'end', function () {
 				var className = texToClass( symbol.tex ),
-					svg = JSON.parse( body ).svg;
+					data = JSON.parse( body ),
+					svg = data.svg;
 
 				if ( !svg ) {
 					console.log( symbol.tex + ' FAILED: ' + body );
@@ -85,27 +85,27 @@
 				}
 
 				svgo.optimize( svg, function ( result ) {
-					var cssRule = cssPrefix + className + ' {\n' +
-						'\tbackground-image: url(data:image/svg+xml,' + encodeURIComponentForCSS( result.data ) + ');\n';
-					if ( symbol.alignBaseline ) {
-						xml2js.parseString( svg, function ( err, xml ) {
-							var xmlObject = xml.svg.$,
-								// Convert buttonHeight from em to ex, because SVG height is given in ex. (This is an
-								// approximation, since the em:ex ratio differs from font to font.)
-								buttonHeight = symbol.largeLayout ? singleButtonHeight * 4 : singleButtonHeight * 1.9931,
-								// height and verticalAlign rely on the format of the SVG parameters
-								// HACK: Adjust these by a factor of 0.8 to match VE's default font size of 0.8em
-								height = parseFloat( xmlObject.height.slice( 0, -2 ) ) * 0.8,
-								verticalAlign = -parseFloat( xmlObject.style.match( /vertical-align\:\s*(.*)ex/ )[ 1 ] ) * 0.8,
-								// CSS percentage positioning is based on the difference between the image and container sizes
-								heightDifference = buttonHeight - height,
-								offset = 100 * ( verticalAlign - height + ( baseline * buttonHeight ) ) / heightDifference;
+					var cssRule, buttonHeight, height, verticalAlign, heightDifference, offset;
 
-							cssRule += '\tbackground-position: 50% ' + offset + '%;\n' +
-								'}';
-							cssRules.push( cssRule );
-							console.log( symbol.tex + ' -> ' + className );
-						} );
+					cssRule = cssPrefix + className + ' {\n' +
+						'\tbackground-image: url(data:image/svg+xml,' + encodeURIComponentForCSS( result.data ) + ');\n';
+
+					if ( symbol.alignBaseline ) {
+						// Convert buttonHeight from em to ex, because SVG height is given in ex. (This is an
+						// approximation, since the em:ex ratio differs from font to font.)
+						buttonHeight = symbol.largeLayout ? singleButtonHeight * 4 : singleButtonHeight * 1.9931;
+						// height and verticalAlign rely on the format of the SVG parameters
+						// HACK: Adjust these by a factor of 0.8 to match VE's default font size of 0.8em
+						height = parseFloat( data.mathoidStyle.match( /height\:\s*(.*)ex/ )[ 1 ] ) * 0.8;
+						verticalAlign = -parseFloat( data.mathoidStyle.match( /vertical-align\:\s*(.*)ex/ )[ 1 ] ) * 0.8;
+						// CSS percentage positioning is based on the difference between the image and container sizes
+						heightDifference = buttonHeight - height;
+						offset = 100 * ( verticalAlign - height + ( baseline * buttonHeight ) ) / heightDifference;
+
+						cssRule += '\tbackground-position: 50% ' + offset + '%;\n' +
+							'}';
+						cssRules.push( cssRule );
+						console.log( symbol.tex + ' -> ' + className );
 					} else {
 						cssRule += '}';
 						cssRules.push( cssRule );
diff --git a/modules/ve-math/tools/package.json b/modules/ve-math/tools/package.json
index 02b411e..d2032f9 100644
--- a/modules/ve-math/tools/package.json
+++ b/modules/ve-math/tools/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "math-icons-generator",
   "dependencies": {
-    "svgo": "^0.6.0",
-    "xml2js": "^0.4.16"
+    "svgo": "^0.6.0"
   }
 }