diff --git a/excalidraw-app/index.tsx b/excalidraw-app/index.tsx
index 93a73bd50..2db363a5f 100644
--- a/excalidraw-app/index.tsx
+++ b/excalidraw-app/index.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { trackEvent } from "../src/analytics";
 import { getDefaultAppState } from "../src/appState";
 import { ErrorDialog } from "../src/components/ErrorDialog";
 import { TopErrorBoundary } from "../src/components/TopErrorBoundary";
-import { useSubtypes } from "../src/element/subtypes/use";
+import { useMathSubtype } from "../src/element/subtypes/mathjax";
 import {
   APP_NAME,
   EVENT,
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ const ExcalidrawWrapper = () => {
   const [excalidrawAPI, excalidrawRefCallback] =
     useCallbackRefState<ExcalidrawImperativeAPI>();
 
-  useSubtypes(excalidrawAPI);
+  useMathSubtype(excalidrawAPI);
 
   const [collabAPI] = useAtom(collabAPIAtom);
   const [, setCollabDialogShown] = useAtom(collabDialogShownAtom);
diff --git a/src/element/subtypes/index.ts b/src/element/subtypes/index.ts
index 03b311a22..97bcee2a0 100644
--- a/src/element/subtypes/index.ts
+++ b/src/element/subtypes/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
+import { useEffect } from "react";
 import { ExcalidrawElement, ExcalidrawTextElement, NonDeleted } from "../types";
 import { getNonDeletedElements } from "../";
 import { getSelectedElements } from "../../scene";
-import { AppState } from "../../types";
+import { AppState, ExcalidrawImperativeAPI } from "../../types";
 import { registerAuxLangData } from "../../i18n";
 
 import { Action, ActionName, ActionPredicateFn } from "../../actions/types";
@@ -472,3 +473,18 @@ export const checkRefreshOnSubtypeLoad = (
   scenes.forEach((scene) => scene.informMutation());
   return refreshNeeded;
 };
+
+export const useSubtype = (
+  api: ExcalidrawImperativeAPI | null,
+  record: SubtypeRecord,
+  subtypePrepFn: SubtypePrepFn,
+) => {
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (api) {
+      const prep = api.addSubtype(record, subtypePrepFn);
+      if (prep) {
+        addSubtypeMethods(record.subtype, prep.methods);
+      }
+    }
+  }, [api, record, subtypePrepFn]);
+};
diff --git a/src/element/subtypes/mathjax/index.ts b/src/element/subtypes/mathjax/index.ts
index 4cab7c208..171d11a0d 100644
--- a/src/element/subtypes/mathjax/index.ts
+++ b/src/element/subtypes/mathjax/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-import { useEffect } from "react";
 import { ExcalidrawImperativeAPI } from "../../../types";
-import { addSubtypeMethods } from "../";
+import { useSubtype } from "../";
 import { getMathSubtypeRecord } from "./types";
 import { prepareMathSubtype } from "./implementation";
 
@@ -10,24 +9,7 @@ declare global {
   }
 }
 
-export const MathJaxSubtype = "mathjax";
-
 // The main hook to use the MathJax subtype
-export const useMathJaxSubtype = (api: ExcalidrawImperativeAPI | null) => {
-  const enabled = mathJaxEnabled;
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (enabled && api) {
-      const prep = api.addSubtype(getMathSubtypeRecord(), prepareMathSubtype);
-      if (prep) {
-        addSubtypeMethods(getMathSubtypeRecord().subtype, prep.methods);
-      }
-    }
-  }, [enabled, api]);
-};
-
-// Determine whether or not to do anything in `useMathJaxSubtype`
-let mathJaxEnabled = false;
-
-export const setMathJaxSubtypeEnabled = (enabled: boolean) => {
-  mathJaxEnabled = enabled;
+export const useMathSubtype = (api: ExcalidrawImperativeAPI | null) => {
+  useSubtype(api, getMathSubtypeRecord(), prepareMathSubtype);
 };
diff --git a/src/element/subtypes/use.ts b/src/element/subtypes/use.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index a090b254d..000000000
--- a/src/element/subtypes/use.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-import { Subtype } from ".";
-import { ExcalidrawImperativeAPI } from "../../types";
-import {
-  MathJaxSubtype,
-  setMathJaxSubtypeEnabled,
-  useMathJaxSubtype,
-} from "./mathjax";
-
-const validSubtypes: readonly Subtype[] = [MathJaxSubtype];
-const subtypesUsed: Subtype[] = [];
-
-// The main invocation hook for use in the UI
-export const useSubtypes = (
-  api: ExcalidrawImperativeAPI | null,
-  subtypes?: Subtype[],
-) => {
-  selectSubtypesToEnable(subtypes);
-  useMathJaxSubtype(api);
-  // Put calls like `useThisSubtype(api);` here
-};
-
-// This MUST be called before the `useSubtype` calls.
-const selectSubtypesToEnable = (subtypes?: Subtype[]) => {
-  const subtypeList: Subtype[] = [];
-  if (subtypes === undefined) {
-    subtypeList.push(...validSubtypes);
-  } else {
-    subtypes.forEach(
-      (val) => validSubtypes.includes(val) && subtypeList.push(val),
-    );
-  }
-  while (subtypesUsed.length > 0) {
-    subtypesUsed.pop();
-  }
-  subtypesUsed.push(...subtypeList);
-  enableSelectedSubtypes();
-};
-
-const enableSelectedSubtypes = () => {
-  setMathJaxSubtypeEnabled(subtypesUsed.includes(MathJaxSubtype));
-  // Put lines here like
-  // `setThisSubtypeEnabled(subtypesUsed.includes(ThisSubtype));`
-};