diff --git a/Doc/library/doctest.rst b/Doc/library/doctest.rst
index e7c0033eb6bc45..7fc471fe2ab7db 100644
--- a/Doc/library/doctest.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/doctest.rst
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-:keepdoctest:
-
 :mod:`doctest` --- Test interactive Python examples
 ===================================================
 
diff --git a/Doc/tools/extensions/pyspecific.py b/Doc/tools/extensions/pyspecific.py
index 4e2ad7fc2a1d16..bc51555fa0512b 100644
--- a/Doc/tools/extensions/pyspecific.py
+++ b/Doc/tools/extensions/pyspecific.py
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 from sphinx.locale import translators
 from sphinx.util import status_iterator, logging
 from sphinx.util.nodes import split_explicit_title
-from sphinx.writers.html import HTMLTranslator
 from sphinx.writers.text import TextWriter, TextTranslator
 from sphinx.writers.latex import LaTeXTranslator
 from sphinx.domains.python import PyModulelevel, PyClassmember
@@ -49,37 +48,6 @@
     Body.enum.converters['lowerroman'] = \
     Body.enum.converters['upperroman'] = lambda x: None
 
-# monkey-patch HTML and LaTeX translators to keep doctest blocks in the
-# doctest docs themselves
-orig_visit_literal_block = HTMLTranslator.visit_literal_block
-orig_depart_literal_block = LaTeXTranslator.depart_literal_block
-
-
-def new_visit_literal_block(self, node):
-    meta = self.builder.env.metadata[self.builder.current_docname]
-    old_trim_doctest_flags = self.highlighter.trim_doctest_flags
-    if 'keepdoctest' in meta:
-        self.highlighter.trim_doctest_flags = False
-    try:
-        orig_visit_literal_block(self, node)
-    finally:
-        self.highlighter.trim_doctest_flags = old_trim_doctest_flags
-
-
-def new_depart_literal_block(self, node):
-    meta = self.builder.env.metadata[self.curfilestack[-1]]
-    old_trim_doctest_flags = self.highlighter.trim_doctest_flags
-    if 'keepdoctest' in meta:
-        self.highlighter.trim_doctest_flags = False
-    try:
-        orig_depart_literal_block(self, node)
-    finally:
-        self.highlighter.trim_doctest_flags = old_trim_doctest_flags
-
-
-HTMLTranslator.visit_literal_block = new_visit_literal_block
-LaTeXTranslator.depart_literal_block = new_depart_literal_block
-
 
 # Support for marking up and linking to bugs.python.org issues