@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ spec = Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   "haml",
   "ruby-openid",
   "json",
-  "syntax",].each { |g| s.add_dependency g}
+  "coderay",].each { |g| s.add_dependency g}
 
   s.require_path = 'lib'
   s.files = %w(LICENSE README.rdoc Rakefile) + Dir.glob("{config,lib,spec,app,public,stubs}/**/*")
 
@@ -115,12 +115,8 @@ def append_tree(name, html, node, count, parent, override)
       end
 
       def syntax_highlight(code)
-        converter = Syntax::Convertors::HTML.for_syntax "ruby"
-        if File.exists?(code)
-          converter.convert(File.read(code), false)
-        else
-          converter.convert(code, false)
-        end
+        tokens = File.exists?(code) ? CodeRay.scan_file(code, :ruby) : CodeRay.scan(code, :ruby)
+        CodeRay.encode_tokens(tokens, :span)
       end
 
       def get_file(uri)
 
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   require 'chef/role'
   require 'chef/webui_user'
 
-  require 'syntax/convertors/html'
+  require 'coderay'
 
   Merb::Plugins.add_rakefiles "chef-server-webui/merbtasks", "chef-server-webui/slicetasks", "chef-server-webui/spectasks"
 
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
       s.add_dependency(%q<haml>, [">= 0"])
       s.add_dependency(%q<ruby-openid>, [">= 0"])
       s.add_dependency(%q<json>, [">= 0"])
-      s.add_dependency(%q<syntax>, [">= 0"])
+      s.add_dependency(%q<coderay>, [">= 0"])
     end
   else
     s.add_dependency(%q<stomp>, [">= 0"])