diff --git a/IPython/sphinxext/ipython_console_highlighting.py b/IPython/sphinxext/ipython_console_highlighting.py
index f0a41be..2090416 100644
--- a/IPython/sphinxext/ipython_console_highlighting.py
+++ b/IPython/sphinxext/ipython_console_highlighting.py
@@ -1,114 +1,27 @@
-"""reST directive for syntax-highlighting ipython interactive sessions.
-
-XXX - See what improvements can be made based on the new (as of Sept 2009)
-'pycon' lexer for the python console.  At the very least it will give better
-highlighted tracebacks.
 """
+reST directive for syntax-highlighting ipython interactive sessions.
 
-#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Needed modules
-
-# Standard library
-import re
-
-# Third party
-from pygments.lexer import Lexer, do_insertions
-from pygments.lexers.agile import (PythonConsoleLexer, PythonLexer,
-                                   PythonTracebackLexer)
-from pygments.token import Comment, Generic
+"""
 
 from sphinx import highlighting
-
-#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Global constants
-line_re = re.compile('.*?\n')
-
-#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Code begins - classes and functions
-
-class IPythonConsoleLexer(Lexer):
-    """
-    For IPython console output or doctests, such as:
-
-    .. sourcecode:: ipython
-
-      In [1]: a = 'foo'
-
-      In [2]: a
-      Out[2]: 'foo'
-
-      In [3]: print a
-      foo
-
-      In [4]: 1 / 0
-
-    Notes:
-
-      - Tracebacks are not currently supported.
-
-      - It assumes the default IPython prompts, not customized ones.
-    """
-
-    name = 'IPython console session'
-    aliases = ['ipython']
-    mimetypes = ['text/x-ipython-console']
-    input_prompt = re.compile("(In \[[0-9]+\]: )|(   \.\.\.+:)")
-    output_prompt = re.compile("(Out\[[0-9]+\]: )|(   \.\.\.+:)")
-    continue_prompt = re.compile("   \.\.\.+:")
-    tb_start = re.compile("\-+")
-
-    def get_tokens_unprocessed(self, text):
-        pylexer = PythonLexer(**self.options)
-        tblexer = PythonTracebackLexer(**self.options)
-
-        curcode = ''
-        insertions = []
-        for match in line_re.finditer(text):
-            line = match.group()
-            input_prompt = self.input_prompt.match(line)
-            continue_prompt = self.continue_prompt.match(line.rstrip())
-            output_prompt = self.output_prompt.match(line)
-            if line.startswith("#"):
-                insertions.append((len(curcode),
-                                   [(0, Comment, line)]))
-            elif input_prompt is not None:
-                insertions.append((len(curcode),
-                                   [(0, Generic.Prompt, input_prompt.group())]))
-                curcode += line[input_prompt.end():]
-            elif continue_prompt is not None:
-                insertions.append((len(curcode),
-                                   [(0, Generic.Prompt, continue_prompt.group())]))
-                curcode += line[continue_prompt.end():]
-            elif output_prompt is not None:
-                # Use the 'error' token for output.  We should probably make
-                # our own token, but error is typicaly in a bright color like
-                # red, so it works fine for our output prompts.
-                insertions.append((len(curcode),
-                                   [(0, Generic.Error, output_prompt.group())]))
-                curcode += line[output_prompt.end():]
-            else:
-                if curcode:
-                    for item in do_insertions(insertions,
-                                              pylexer.get_tokens_unprocessed(curcode)):
-                        yield item
-                        curcode = ''
-                        insertions = []
-                yield match.start(), Generic.Output, line
-        if curcode:
-            for item in do_insertions(insertions,
-                                      pylexer.get_tokens_unprocessed(curcode)):
-                yield item
-
+from ..nbconvert.utils.lexers import IPyLexer
 
 def setup(app):
     """Setup as a sphinx extension."""
 
     # This is only a lexer, so adding it below to pygments appears sufficient.
-    # But if somebody knows that the right API usage should be to do that via
+    # But if somebody knows what the right API usage should be to do that via
     # sphinx, by all means fix it here.  At least having this setup.py
     # suppresses the sphinx warning we'd get without it.
     pass
 
-#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Register the extension as a valid pygments lexer
-highlighting.lexers['ipython'] = IPythonConsoleLexer()
+# Register the extension as a valid pygments lexerself.
+# Alternatively, we could register the lexer with pygments instead. This would
+# require using setuptools entrypoints: http://pygments.org/docs/plugins
+
+ipy = IPyLexer(python3=False)
+ipy3 = IPyLexer(python3=True)
+ipy3.aliases = ['ipy3']
+
+highlighting.lexers['ipy'] = ipy
+highlighting.lexers['ipy3'] = ipy3