diff --git a/IPython/core/history.py b/IPython/core/history.py
index 6c51f73..5a9078e 100644
--- a/IPython/core/history.py
+++ b/IPython/core/history.py
@@ -924,6 +924,7 @@ def magic_rep(self, arg):
         self.set_next_input(cmd.rstrip())
     print("Couldn't evaluate or find in history:", arg)
 
+
 def magic_rerun(self, parameter_s=''):
     """Re-run previous input
 
@@ -969,8 +970,8 @@ def init_ipython(ip):
     ip.define_magic("rep", magic_rep)
     ip.define_magic("recall", magic_rep)
     ip.define_magic("rerun", magic_rerun)
-    ip.define_magic("hist",magic_history)    # Alternative name
-    ip.define_magic("history",magic_history)
+    ip.define_magic("hist", magic_history)    # Alternative name
+    ip.define_magic("history", magic_history)
 
     # XXX - ipy_completers are in quarantine, need to be updated to new apis
     #import ipy_completers
diff --git a/IPython/core/interactiveshell.py b/IPython/core/interactiveshell.py
index de4c994..8c249d5 100644
--- a/IPython/core/interactiveshell.py
+++ b/IPython/core/interactiveshell.py
@@ -2674,7 +2674,7 @@ class InteractiveShell(SingletonConfigurable):
           make sense in all contexts, for example a terminal ipython can't
           display figures inline.
         """
-
+        from IPython.core.pylabtools import mpl_runner
         # We want to prevent the loading of pylab to pollute the user's
         # namespace as shown by the %who* magics, so we execute the activation
         # code in an empty namespace, and we update *both* user_ns and
@@ -2690,7 +2690,7 @@ class InteractiveShell(SingletonConfigurable):
         # Now we must activate the gui pylab wants to use, and fix %run to take
         # plot updates into account
         self.enable_gui(gui)
-        self._magic.magic_run = self._pylab_magic_run
+        self._magic.default_runner = mpl_runner(self.safe_execfile)
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Utilities
diff --git a/IPython/core/magic.py b/IPython/core/magic.py
index 15ed921..b9b658e 100644
--- a/IPython/core/magic.py
+++ b/IPython/core/magic.py
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ from IPython.core.error import StdinNotImplementedError
 from IPython.core.macro import Macro
 from IPython.core import magic_arguments, page
 from IPython.core.prefilter import ESC_MAGIC
-from IPython.core.pylabtools import mpl_runner
 from IPython.testing.skipdoctest import skip_doctest
 from IPython.utils import py3compat
 from IPython.utils.encoding import DEFAULT_ENCODING
@@ -124,6 +123,8 @@ class Magic(object):
 
 
     configurables = None
+
+    default_runner = None
     #......................................................................
     # some utility functions
 
@@ -1796,6 +1797,8 @@ Currently the magic system has the following functions:\n"""
                             self.shell.InteractiveTB(etype, value, tb, tb_offset=3)
                     else:
                         if runner is None:
+                            runner = self.default_runner
+                        if runner is None:
                             runner = self.shell.safe_execfile
                         if 't' in opts:
                             # timed execution
@@ -3549,16 +3552,6 @@ Defaulting color scheme to 'NoColor'"""
             "Add `--reset` to overwrite already existing config files with defaults."
         ])
 
-    # Pylab support: simple wrappers that activate pylab, load gui input
-    # handling and modify slightly %run
-
-    @skip_doctest
-    def _pylab_magic_run(self, parameter_s=''):
-        Magic.magic_run(self, parameter_s,
-                        runner=mpl_runner(self.shell.safe_execfile))
-
-    _pylab_magic_run.__doc__ = magic_run.__doc__
-
     @skip_doctest
     def magic_pylab(self, s):
         """Load numpy and matplotlib to work interactively.