diff --git a/packages/slidev/node/syntax/index.ts b/packages/slidev/node/syntax/index.ts
index b3089c6035..41b083030c 100644
--- a/packages/slidev/node/syntax/index.ts
+++ b/packages/slidev/node/syntax/index.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import type { CodeblockTransformer, ResolvedSlidevOptions } from '@slidev/types'
 import type MagicString from 'magic-string'
 import type MarkdownExit from 'markdown-exit'
 import MarkdownItComark from '@comark/markdown-it'
-import { taskLists as MarkdownItTaskList } from '@hedgedoc/markdown-it-plugins'
 // @ts-expect-error missing types
 import MarkdownItFootnote from 'markdown-it-footnote'
 import MarkdownItGitHubAlerts from 'markdown-it-github-alerts'
@@ -15,6 +14,7 @@ import MarkdownItStyleScoped from './scoped'
 import MarkdownItShiki from './shiki'
 import MarkdownItSlotSugar from './slot-sugar'
 import MarkdownItSnippet from './snippet'
+import MarkdownItTaskList from './task-list'
 
 export async function useMarkdownItPlugins(
   md: MarkdownExit,
diff --git a/packages/slidev/node/syntax/task-list.test.ts b/packages/slidev/node/syntax/task-list.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5dcc5c4033
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/slidev/node/syntax/task-list.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import MarkdownItComark from '@comark/markdown-it'
+import MarkdownExit from 'markdown-exit'
+import { expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import MarkdownItTaskList from './task-list'
+
+it('does not render task list markers when comark is enabled', async () => {
+  const md = MarkdownExit({ html: true })
+  md.use(MarkdownItTaskList, { enabled: true, lineNumber: true, label: true })
+  md.use(MarkdownItComark)
+
+  const result = await md.renderAsync('- [x] test\n- [ ] test')
+
+  expect(result).toContain('<label for="task-item-0">test</label>')
+  expect(result).toContain('<label for="task-item-1">test</label>')
+  expect(result).not.toContain('<span>x</span>')
+  expect(result).not.toContain('<span> </span>')
+})
diff --git a/packages/slidev/node/syntax/task-list.ts b/packages/slidev/node/syntax/task-list.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..112446be04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/slidev/node/syntax/task-list.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import type { MarkdownExit } from 'markdown-exit'
+import { taskLists as HedgeDocMarkdownItTaskList } from '@hedgedoc/markdown-it-plugins'
+
+type TaskListOptions = Parameters<typeof HedgeDocMarkdownItTaskList>[1]
+type Token = ReturnType<MarkdownExit['parseInline']>[number]
+
+const TASK_LIST_MARKER_RE = /^\[[ x]\]\s/i
+const COMARK_TASK_LIST_MARKER_RE = /^[ x]$/i
+
+export default function MarkdownItTaskList(md: MarkdownExit, options?: TaskListOptions) {
+  md.use(HedgeDocMarkdownItTaskList, options)
+
+  md.core.ruler.after('task-lists', 'slidev_task_list_comark', (state) => {
+    for (const token of state.tokens) {
+      if (token.type !== 'inline' || !TASK_LIST_MARKER_RE.test(token.content))
+        continue
+
+      removeLeadingComarkMarker(token.children)
+    }
+  })
+}
+
+function removeLeadingComarkMarker(children?: Token[]) {
+  if (!children?.length)
+    return
+
+  let index = children.findIndex(child => child.type === 'taskListItemCheckbox')
+  if (index < 0)
+    return
+
+  index += 1
+  if (children[index]?.type === 'taskListItemLabel_open')
+    index += 1
+
+  if (
+    children[index]?.type !== 'mdc_inline_span'
+    || children[index]?.nesting !== 1
+    || children[index + 1]?.type !== 'text'
+    || !COMARK_TASK_LIST_MARKER_RE.test(children[index + 1].content)
+    || children[index + 2]?.type !== 'mdc_inline_span'
+    || children[index + 2]?.nesting !== -1
+  ) {
+    return
+  }
+
+  children.splice(index, 3)
+
+  const next = children[index]
+  if (next?.type === 'text' && next.content.startsWith(' '))
+    next.content = next.content.slice(1)
+}