diff --git a/sphinx/highlighting.py b/sphinx/highlighting.py
index ac2bd1b06..63ca52de2 100644
--- a/sphinx/highlighting.py
+++ b/sphinx/highlighting.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ from pygments.filters import ErrorToken
 from pygments.formatters import HtmlFormatter, LatexFormatter
 from pygments.lexer import Lexer  # NOQA
 from pygments.lexers import get_lexer_by_name, guess_lexer
-from pygments.lexers import PythonLexer, Python3Lexer, PythonConsoleLexer, \
+from pygments.lexers import Python2Lexer, Python3Lexer, PythonConsoleLexer, \
     CLexer, TextLexer, RstLexer
 from pygments.styles import get_style_by_name
 from pygments.util import ClassNotFound
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)

 lexers = dict(
     none = TextLexer(stripnl=False),
-    python = PythonLexer(stripnl=False),
+    python = Python2Lexer(stripnl=False),
     python3 = Python3Lexer(stripnl=False),
     pycon = PythonConsoleLexer(stripnl=False),
     pycon3 = PythonConsoleLexer(python3=True, stripnl=False),