diff --git a/dpaste/templatetags/dpaste_tags.py b/dpaste/templatetags/dpaste_tags.py
index 8ec2b3f..487311b 100644
--- a/dpaste/templatetags/dpaste_tags.py
+++ b/dpaste/templatetags/dpaste_tags.py
@@ -8,12 +8,6 @@ def in_list(value, arg):
     return value in arg
 
 @register.filter
-def highlight(snippet, maxlines=None):
+def highlight(snippet):
     h = pygmentize(snippet.content, snippet.lexer)
-    if not h:
-        s = snippet.content.splitlines()
-    s = h.splitlines()
-
-    if maxlines:
-        return s[:maxlines]
-    return s
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+    return h.splitlines()
diff --git a/dpaste/tests/test_snippet.py b/dpaste/tests/test_snippet.py
index 65de29f..28e0605 100644
--- a/dpaste/tests/test_snippet.py
+++ b/dpaste/tests/test_snippet.py
@@ -60,4 +60,4 @@ class SnippetTestCase(TestCase):
         response = self.client.post(response.request['PATH_INFO'], data, follow=True)
         self.assertContains(response, data['content'])
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
-        self.assertEqual(Snippet.objects.count(), 2)
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+        self.assertEqual(Snippet.objects.count(), 2)