diff --git a/phpBB/language/en/help/bbcode.php b/phpBB/language/en/help/bbcode.php
index dc39749963..aa5bc1666a 100644
--- a/phpBB/language/en/help/bbcode.php
+++ b/phpBB/language/en/help/bbcode.php
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ $lang = array_merge($lang, array(
 	'HELP_BBCODE_OTHERS_CUSTOM_ANSWER'	=> 'If you are an administrator on this board and have the proper permissions, you can add further BBCodes through the Custom BBCodes section.',
 	'HELP_BBCODE_OTHERS_CUSTOM_QUESTION'	=> 'Can I add my own tags?',
 
-	'HELP_BBCODE_QUOTES_CODE_ANSWER'	=> 'If you want to output a piece of code or in fact anything that requires a fixed width, e.g. Courier type font you should enclose the text in <strong>[code][/code]</strong> tags, e.g.<br /><br /><strong>[code]</strong>echo &quot;This is some code&quot;;<strong>[/code]</strong><br /><br />All formatting used within <strong>[code][/code]</strong> tags is retained when you later view it. PHP syntax highlighting can be enabled using <strong>[code=php][/code]</strong> and is recommended when posting PHP code samples as it improves readability.',
+	'HELP_BBCODE_QUOTES_CODE_ANSWER'	=> 'If you want to output a piece of code or in fact anything that requires a fixed width, e.g. Courier type font you should enclose the text in <strong>[code][/code]</strong> tags, e.g.<br /><br /><strong>[code]</strong>echo &quot;This is some code&quot;;<strong>[/code]</strong><br /><br />All formatting used within <strong>[code][/code]</strong> tags is retained when you later view it.',
 	'HELP_BBCODE_QUOTES_CODE_QUESTION'	=> 'Outputting code or fixed width data',
 	'HELP_BBCODE_QUOTES_TEXT_ANSWER'	=> 'There are two ways you can quote text, with a reference or without.<ul><li>When you utilise the Quote function to reply to a post on the board you should notice that the post text is added to the message window enclosed in a <strong>[quote=&quot;&quot;][/quote]</strong> block. This method allows you to quote with a reference to a person or whatever else you choose to put! For example to quote a piece of text Mr. Blobby wrote you would enter:<br /><br /><strong>[quote=&quot;Mr. Blobby&quot;]</strong>The text Mr. Blobby wrote would go here<strong>[/quote]</strong><br /><br />The resulting output will automatically add &quot;Mr. Blobby wrote:&quot; before the actual text. Remember you <strong>must</strong> include the quotation marks &quot;&quot; around the name you are quoting, they are not optional.</li><li>The second method allows you to blindly quote something. To utilise this enclose the text in <strong>[quote][/quote]</strong> tags. When you view the message it will simply show the text within a quotation block.</li></ul>',
 	'HELP_BBCODE_QUOTES_TEXT_QUESTION'	=> 'Quoting text in replies',
diff --git a/phpBB/styles/prosilver/theme/colours.css b/phpBB/styles/prosilver/theme/colours.css
index 46eaa999b5..139e691d85 100644
--- a/phpBB/styles/prosilver/theme/colours.css
+++ b/phpBB/styles/prosilver/theme/colours.css
@@ -458,30 +458,6 @@ blockquote blockquote blockquote {
 	color: #2e8b57;
 }
 
-.syntaxbg {
-	color: #ffffff;
-}
-
-.syntaxcomment {
-	color: #ff8000;
-}
-
-.syntaxdefault {
-	color: #0000bb;
-}
-
-.syntaxhtml {
-	color: #000000;
-}
-
-.syntaxkeyword {
-	color: #007700;
-}
-
-.syntaxstring {
-	color: #dd0000;
-}
-
 /* attachments */
 .attachbox {
 	background-color: #ffffff;
diff --git a/tests/bbcode/parser_test.php b/tests/bbcode/parser_test.php
index 5677e49636..4e85737c4f 100644
--- a/tests/bbcode/parser_test.php
+++ b/tests/bbcode/parser_test.php
@@ -65,11 +65,6 @@ class phpbb_bbcode_parser_test extends \phpbb_test_case
 				'[code]unparsed code[/code]',
 				'[code:]unparsed code[/code:]',
 			),
-			array(
-				'Test default bbcodes: simple php code',
-				'[code=php]unparsed code[/code]',
-				'[code=php:]<span class="syntaxdefault">unparsed&nbsp;code</span>[/code:]',
-			),
 			array(
 				'Test default bbcodes: simple list',
 				'[list]no item[/list]',