diff --git a/commands/hugobuilder.go b/commands/hugobuilder.go
index 657048d481a..32b7e1de87c 100644
--- a/commands/hugobuilder.go
+++ b/commands/hugobuilder.go
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ func (c *hugoBuilder) handleEvents(watcher *watcher.Batcher,
 			h.BaseFs.SourceFilesystems,
 			dynamicEvents)
 
-		onePageName := pickOneWriteOrCreatePath(partitionedEvents.ContentEvents)
+		onePageName := pickOneWriteOrCreatePath(h.Conf.ContentTypes(), partitionedEvents.ContentEvents)
 
 		c.printChangeDetected("")
 		c.changeDetector.PrepareNew()
diff --git a/commands/server.go b/commands/server.go
index e90c2a4b8f1..5832c83d864 100644
--- a/commands/server.go
+++ b/commands/server.go
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/herrors"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/hugo"
-	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/media"
 
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/types"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/urls"
@@ -1189,16 +1188,16 @@ func partitionDynamicEvents(sourceFs *filesystems.SourceFilesystems, events []fs
 	return
 }
 
-func pickOneWriteOrCreatePath(events []fsnotify.Event) string {
+func pickOneWriteOrCreatePath(contentTypes config.ContentTypesProvider, events []fsnotify.Event) string {
 	name := ""
 
 	for _, ev := range events {
 		if ev.Op&fsnotify.Write == fsnotify.Write || ev.Op&fsnotify.Create == fsnotify.Create {
-			if media.IsIndexContentFile(ev.Name) {
+			if contentTypes.IsIndexContentFile(ev.Name) {
 				return ev.Name
 			}
 
-			if media.IsContentFile(ev.Name) {
+			if contentTypes.IsContentFile(ev.Name) {
 				name = ev.Name
 			}
 
diff --git a/common/paths/pathparser.go b/common/paths/pathparser.go
index 65399819b69..5fa798fb057 100644
--- a/common/paths/pathparser.go
+++ b/common/paths/pathparser.go
@@ -25,13 +25,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/identity"
 )
 
-var DefaultPathParser = &PathParser{
-	IsContentExt: func(ext string) bool {
-		// TODO1
-		return ext == "md"
-	},
-}
-
 // PathParser parses a path into a Path.
 type PathParser struct {
 	// Maps the language code to its index in the languages/sites slice.
@@ -44,11 +37,6 @@ type PathParser struct {
 	IsContentExt func(string) bool
 }
 
-// Parse parses component c with path s into Path using the default path parser.
-func Parse(c, s string) *Path {
-	return DefaultPathParser.Parse(c, s)
-}
-
 // NormalizePathString returns a normalized path string using the very basic Hugo rules.
 func NormalizePathStringBasic(s string) string {
 	// All lower case.
diff --git a/config/allconfig/allconfig.go b/config/allconfig/allconfig.go
index 17e64a0fe0a..76153f5c0dd 100644
--- a/config/allconfig/allconfig.go
+++ b/config/allconfig/allconfig.go
@@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ func (c *Configs) Init() error {
 	c.Languages = languages
 	c.LanguagesDefaultFirst = languagesDefaultFirst
 
-	c.ContentPathParser = &paths.PathParser{LanguageIndex: languagesDefaultFirst.AsIndexSet(), IsLangDisabled: c.Base.IsLangDisabled, IsContentExt: media.IsContentSuffix}
+	c.ContentPathParser = &paths.PathParser{LanguageIndex: languagesDefaultFirst.AsIndexSet(), IsLangDisabled: c.Base.IsLangDisabled, IsContentExt: c.Base.C.ContentTypes.IsContentSuffix}
 
 	c.configLangs = make([]config.AllProvider, len(c.Languages))
 	for i, l := range c.LanguagesDefaultFirst {
diff --git a/config/allconfig/configlanguage.go b/config/allconfig/configlanguage.go
index c7f1c276ae8..a215fb5e49b 100644
--- a/config/allconfig/configlanguage.go
+++ b/config/allconfig/configlanguage.go
@@ -144,6 +144,10 @@ func (c ConfigLanguage) NewIdentityManager(name string) identity.Manager {
 	return identity.NewManager(name)
 }
 
+func (c ConfigLanguage) ContentTypes() config.ContentTypesProvider {
+	return c.config.C.ContentTypes
+}
+
 // GetConfigSection is mostly used in tests. The switch statement isn't complete, but what's in use.
 func (c ConfigLanguage) GetConfigSection(s string) any {
 	switch s {
diff --git a/config/configProvider.go b/config/configProvider.go
index 8f74202abf2..ba10d44dd84 100644
--- a/config/configProvider.go
+++ b/config/configProvider.go
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ type AllProvider interface {
 	Dirs() CommonDirs
 	Quiet() bool
 	DirsBase() CommonDirs
+	ContentTypes() ContentTypesProvider
 	GetConfigSection(string) any
 	GetConfig() any
 	CanonifyURLs() bool
@@ -75,6 +76,15 @@ type AllProvider interface {
 	EnableEmoji() bool
 }
 
+// We cannot import the media package as that would create a circular dependency.
+// This interface defineds a sub set of what media.ContentTypes provides.
+type ContentTypesProvider interface {
+	IsContentSuffix(suffix string) bool
+	IsContentFile(filename string) bool
+	IsIndexContentFile(filename string) bool
+	IsHTMLSuffix(suffix string) bool
+}
+
 // Provider provides the configuration settings for Hugo.
 type Provider interface {
 	GetString(key string) string
diff --git a/create/content.go b/create/content.go
index bbf5c969e08..f7c343d424e 100644
--- a/create/content.go
+++ b/create/content.go
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/hugofs/glob"
-	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/media"
 
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/hexec"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/hstrings"
@@ -97,7 +96,7 @@ func NewContent(h *hugolib.HugoSites, kind, targetPath string, force bool) error
 			return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to resolve %q to an archetype template", targetPath)
 		}
 
-		if !media.IsContentFile(b.targetPath) {
+		if !h.Conf.ContentTypes().IsContentFile(b.targetPath) {
 			return "", fmt.Errorf("target path %q is not a known content format", b.targetPath)
 		}
 
diff --git a/hugofs/walk.go b/hugofs/walk.go
index 252cf997067..4af46d89ee0 100644
--- a/hugofs/walk.go
+++ b/hugofs/walk.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/herrors"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/loggers"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/paths"
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/media"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/afero"
 )
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ func NewWalkway(cfg WalkwayConfig) *Walkway {
 	}
 
 	if cfg.PathParser == nil {
-		cfg.PathParser = paths.DefaultPathParser
+		cfg.PathParser = media.DefaultPathParser
 	}
 
 	logger := cfg.Logger
diff --git a/markup/markup.go b/markup/markup.go
index da45b78651d..6b22322f114 100644
--- a/markup/markup.go
+++ b/markup/markup.go
@@ -65,19 +65,21 @@ func NewConverterProvider(cfg converter.ProviderConfig) (ConverterProvider, erro
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	if err := add(goldmark.Provider, media.Builtin.MarkdownType.SubType, media.Builtin.MarkdownType.Suffixes()...); err != nil {
+	contentTypes := cfg.Conf.ContentTypes().(media.ContentTypes)
+
+	if err := add(goldmark.Provider, contentTypes.Markdown.SubType, contentTypes.Markdown.Suffixes()...); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	if err := add(asciidocext.Provider, media.Builtin.AsciiDocType.SubType, media.Builtin.AsciiDocType.Suffixes()...); err != nil {
+	if err := add(asciidocext.Provider, contentTypes.AsciiDoc.SubType, contentTypes.AsciiDoc.Suffixes()...); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	if err := add(rst.Provider, media.Builtin.ReStructuredTextType.SubType, media.Builtin.ReStructuredTextType.Suffixes()...); err != nil {
+	if err := add(rst.Provider, contentTypes.ReStructuredText.SubType, contentTypes.ReStructuredText.Suffixes()...); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	if err := add(pandoc.Provider, media.Builtin.PandocType.SubType, media.Builtin.PandocType.Suffixes()...); err != nil {
+	if err := add(pandoc.Provider, contentTypes.Pandoc.SubType, contentTypes.Pandoc.Suffixes()...); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	if err := add(org.Provider, media.Builtin.EmacsOrgModeType.SubType, media.Builtin.EmacsOrgModeType.Suffixes()...); err != nil {
+	if err := add(org.Provider, contentTypes.EmacsOrgMode.SubType, contentTypes.EmacsOrgMode.Suffixes()...); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
diff --git a/media/builtin.go b/media/builtin.go
index 4845755e4ae..20a5d376901 100644
--- a/media/builtin.go
+++ b/media/builtin.go
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 package media
 
-import (
-	"path/filepath"
-	"strings"
-)
-
 type BuiltinTypes struct {
 	CalendarType   Type
 	CSSType        Type
@@ -172,36 +167,3 @@ var defaultMediaTypesConfig = map[string]any{
 
 	"application/octet-stream": map[string]any{},
 }
-
-// IsContentSuffix returns whether the given suffix is a content media type.
-func IsContentSuffix(suffix string) bool {
-	return contentMediaTypesExtensionsSet[suffix]
-}
-
-// IsContentFile returns whether the given filename is a content file.
-func IsContentFile(filename string) bool {
-	return IsContentSuffix(strings.TrimPrefix(filepath.Ext(filename), "."))
-}
-
-// IsIndexContentFile returns whether the given filename is an index content file.
-func IsIndexContentFile(filename string) bool {
-	if !IsContentFile(filename) {
-		return false
-	}
-
-	base := filepath.Base(filename)
-
-	return strings.HasPrefix(base, "index.") || strings.HasPrefix(base, "_index.")
-}
-
-// IsHTMLSuffix returns whether the given suffix is a HTML media type.
-func IsHTMLSuffix(suffix string) bool {
-	for _, suffix := range Builtin.HTMLType.Suffixes() {
-		if suffix == suffix {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-	return false
-}
-
-var contentMediaTypesExtensionsSet map[string]bool
diff --git a/media/config.go b/media/config.go
index fe12a943710..2bfed169af7 100644
--- a/media/config.go
+++ b/media/config.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/maps"
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/paths"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/config"
 
 	"github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure"
@@ -68,13 +69,6 @@ func init() {
 	}
 
 	DefaultContentTypes.init()
-
-	contentMediaTypesExtensionsSet = make(map[string]bool)
-	for _, mt := range DefaultContentTypes.Types() {
-		for _, suffix := range mt.Suffixes() {
-			contentMediaTypesExtensionsSet[suffix] = true
-		}
-	}
 }
 
 var DefaultContentTypes ContentTypes
@@ -123,6 +117,16 @@ func (t ContentTypes) IsIndexContentFile(filename string) bool {
 	return strings.HasPrefix(base, "index.") || strings.HasPrefix(base, "_index.")
 }
 
+// IsHTMLSuffix returns whether the given suffix is a HTML media type.
+func (t ContentTypes) IsHTMLSuffix(suffix string) bool {
+	for _, suffix := range t.HTML.Suffixes() {
+		if suffix == suffix {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 // Types is a slice of media types.
 func (t ContentTypes) Types() Types {
 	return t.types
@@ -209,3 +213,10 @@ func DecodeTypes(in map[string]any) (*config.ConfigNamespace[map[string]MediaTyp
 	}
 	return ns, nil
 }
+
+// TODO(bep) get rid of this.
+var DefaultPathParser = &paths.PathParser{
+	IsContentExt: func(ext string) bool {
+		return DefaultContentTypes.IsContentSuffix(ext)
+	},
+}
diff --git a/media/config_test.go b/media/config_test.go
index df7cb43faee..2f0c07f08ef 100644
--- a/media/config_test.go
+++ b/media/config_test.go
@@ -125,10 +125,10 @@ func TestDefaultTypes(t *testing.T) {
 		{Builtin.HTMLType, "text", "html", "html,htm", "text/html", "text/html"},
 		{Builtin.MarkdownType, "text", "markdown", "md,mdown,markdown", "text/markdown", "text/markdown"},
 		{Builtin.EmacsOrgModeType, "text", "org", "org", "text/org", "text/org"},
-		{Builtin.PandocType, "text", "x-pandoc", "pandoc,pdc", "text/pandoc", "text/pandoc"},
-		{Builtin.ReStructuredTextType, "text", "x-restructuredtext", "rst", "text/x-rst", "text/x-rst"},
+		{Builtin.PandocType, "text", "pandoc", "pandoc,pdc", "text/pandoc", "text/pandoc"},
+		{Builtin.ReStructuredTextType, "text", "x-rst", "rst", "text/x-rst", "text/x-rst"},
 		{Builtin.GoTmplType, "text", "x-gotmpl", "gotmpl", "text/x-gotmpl", "text/x-gotmpl"},
-		{Builtin.AsciiDocType, "text", "x-asciidoc", "adoc,asciidoc,ad", "text/asciidoc", "text/asciidoc"},
+		{Builtin.AsciiDocType, "text", "asciidoc", "adoc,asciidoc,ad", "text/asciidoc", "text/asciidoc"},
 		{Builtin.JavascriptType, "text", "javascript", "js,jsm,mjs", "text/javascript", "text/javascript"},
 		{Builtin.TypeScriptType, "text", "typescript", "ts", "text/typescript", "text/typescript"},
 		{Builtin.TSXType, "text", "tsx", "tsx", "text/tsx", "text/tsx"},
diff --git a/media/mediaType_test.go b/media/mediaType_test.go
index abf0ed91ea9..fb3eb664f9e 100644
--- a/media/mediaType_test.go
+++ b/media/mediaType_test.go
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ func BenchmarkTypeOps(b *testing.B) {
 func TestIsContentFile(t *testing.T) {
 	c := qt.New(t)
 
-	c.Assert(IsContentFile(filepath.FromSlash("my/file.md")), qt.Equals, true)
-	c.Assert(IsContentFile(filepath.FromSlash("my/file.ad")), qt.Equals, true)
-	c.Assert(IsContentFile(filepath.FromSlash("textfile.txt")), qt.Equals, false)
+	c.Assert(DefaultContentTypes.IsContentFile(filepath.FromSlash("my/file.md")), qt.Equals, true)
+	c.Assert(DefaultContentTypes.IsContentFile(filepath.FromSlash("my/file.ad")), qt.Equals, true)
+	c.Assert(DefaultContentTypes.IsContentFile(filepath.FromSlash("textfile.txt")), qt.Equals, false)
 }
diff --git a/resources/page/page_nop.go b/resources/page/page_nop.go
index d3813337dc0..f745d8622d3 100644
--- a/resources/page/page_nop.go
+++ b/resources/page/page_nop.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ var (
 // PageNop implements Page, but does nothing.
 type nopPage int
 
-var noOpPathInfo = paths.Parse(files.ComponentFolderContent, "no-op.md")
+var noOpPathInfo = media.DefaultPathParser.Parse(files.ComponentFolderContent, "no-op.md")
 
 func (p *nopPage) Err() resource.ResourceError {
 	return nil
diff --git a/source/fileInfo.go b/source/fileInfo.go
index 3263428cc28..2d84f988abd 100644
--- a/source/fileInfo.go
+++ b/source/fileInfo.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/bep/gitmap"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/hugo"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/paths"
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/media"
 
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/hugio"
 
@@ -141,7 +142,7 @@ func (fi *File) p() *paths.Path {
 func NewFileInfoFrom(path, filename string) *File {
 	meta := &hugofs.FileMeta{
 		Filename: filename,
-		PathInfo: paths.Parse("", filepath.ToSlash(path)),
+		PathInfo: media.DefaultPathParser.Parse("", filepath.ToSlash(path)),
 	}
 
 	return NewFileInfo(hugofs.NewFileMetaInfo(nil, meta))