diff --git a/superset/assets/javascripts/explore/stores/visTypes.js b/superset/assets/javascripts/explore/stores/visTypes.js
index e937b036ab2..7e04237a36d 100644
--- a/superset/assets/javascripts/explore/stores/visTypes.js
+++ b/superset/assets/javascripts/explore/stores/visTypes.js
@@ -358,6 +358,7 @@ export const visTypes = {
       {
         label: null,
         controlSetRows: [
+          ['markup_type'],
           ['code'],
         ],
       },
diff --git a/superset/viz.py b/superset/viz.py
index 100d8bbd6fc..98f2d1bc296 100644
--- a/superset/viz.py
+++ b/superset/viz.py
@@ -449,10 +449,6 @@ class SeparatorViz(MarkupViz):
     viz_type = "separator"
     verbose_name = _("Separator")
 
-    def get_data(self, df):
-        code = markdown(self.form_data.get("code", ''))
-        return dict(html=code)
-
 
 class WordCloudViz(BaseViz):