diff --git a/styles/theme-base.css b/styles/theme-base.css
index 756f4fbd3b..ffe68c6931 100644
--- a/styles/theme-base.css
+++ b/styles/theme-base.css
@@ -1328,16 +1328,13 @@ div.tip p:first-child {
 .docs .phpcode code {
     display: block;
     overflow-x: auto;
+    white-space: pre;
 }
 
 .docs .qandaentry dt .phpcode * {
     font-weight: normal;
 }
 
-.phpcode code span span {
-    white-space: pre;
-}
-
 /* }}} */