diff --git a/phpBB/includes/bbcode.php b/phpBB/includes/bbcode.php
index 726e53fd82..d688f660f2 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/bbcode.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/bbcode.php
@@ -570,6 +570,10 @@ class bbcode
 			// no break;
 
 			default:
+				$code = str_replace("\t", '   ', $code);
+				$code = str_replace('  ', '  ', $code);
+				$code = str_replace('  ', '  ', $code);
+
 				// remove newline at the beginning
 				if (!empty($code) && $code[0] == "\n")
 				{
diff --git a/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/bbcode.html b/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/bbcode.html
index 9c6a640ef4..bb90c46ced 100644
--- a/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/bbcode.html
+++ b/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/bbcode.html
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 <!-- BEGIN quote_open --><blockquote class="uncited"><div><!-- END quote_open -->
 <!-- BEGIN quote_close --></div></blockquote><!-- END quote_close -->
 
-<!-- BEGIN code_open --><dl class="codebox"><dt>{L_CODE}: <a href="#" onclick="selectCode(this); return false;">{L_SELECT_ALL_CODE}</a></dt><dd><pre><code><!-- END code_open -->
-<!-- BEGIN code_close --></code></pre></dd></dl><!-- END code_close -->
+<!-- BEGIN code_open --><dl class="codebox"><dt>{L_CODE}: <a href="#" onclick="selectCode(this); return false;">{L_SELECT_ALL_CODE}</a></dt><dd><code><!-- END code_open -->
+<!-- BEGIN code_close --></code></dd></dl><!-- END code_close -->
 
 <!-- BEGIN inline_attachment_open --><div class="inline-attachment"><!-- END inline_attachment_open -->
 <!-- BEGIN inline_attachment_close --></div><!-- END inline_attachment_close -->
diff --git a/phpBB/styles/prosilver/theme/content.css b/phpBB/styles/prosilver/theme/content.css
index 98c5d3fbb3..936b53f78a 100644
--- a/phpBB/styles/prosilver/theme/content.css
+++ b/phpBB/styles/prosilver/theme/content.css
@@ -467,11 +467,12 @@ blockquote dl.codebox {
 }
 
 dl.codebox code {
+	/* Also see tweaks.css */
 	overflow: auto;
 	display: block;
 	height: auto;
 	max-height: 200px;
-	/* white-space: normal; */
+	white-space: normal;
 	padding-top: 5px;
 	font: 0.9em Monaco, "Andale Mono","Courier New", Courier, mono;
 	line-height: 1.3em;
diff --git a/phpBB/styles/subsilver2/template/bbcode.html b/phpBB/styles/subsilver2/template/bbcode.html
index 0e95fdbcf3..50162740d0 100644
--- a/phpBB/styles/subsilver2/template/bbcode.html
+++ b/phpBB/styles/subsilver2/template/bbcode.html
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@
 <!-- END quote_close -->
 
 <!-- BEGIN code_open -->
-<div class="codetitle"><b>{L_CODE}:</b></div><div class="codecontent"><pre>
+<div class="codetitle"><b>{L_CODE}:</b></div><div class="codecontent">
 <!-- END code_open -->
 
 <!-- BEGIN code_close -->
-</pre></div>
+</div>
 <!-- END code_close -->
 
 <!-- BEGIN inline_attachment_open -->