1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/pygments/formatters/html.py b/pygments/formatters/html.py
index 421710f7..29cc9fb8 100644
--- a/pygments/formatters/html.py
+++ b/pygments/formatters/html.py
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ __all__ = ['HtmlFormatter']
 
 
 _escape_html_table = {
-    ord('&'): u'&',
-    ord('<'): u'&lt;',
-    ord('>'): u'&gt;',
-    ord('"'): u'&quot;',
-    ord("'"): u'&#39;',
+    ord('&'): '&amp;',
+    ord('<'): '&lt;',
+    ord('>'): '&gt;',
+    ord('"'): '&quot;',
+    ord("'"): '&#39;',
 }
 
 
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ class HtmlFormatter(Formatter):
         self.linenostep = abs(get_int_opt(options, 'linenostep', 1))
         self.linenospecial = abs(get_int_opt(options, 'linenospecial', 0))
         self.nobackground = get_bool_opt(options, 'nobackground', False)
-        self.lineseparator = options.get('lineseparator', u'\n')
+        self.lineseparator = options.get('lineseparator', '\n')
         self.lineanchors = options.get('lineanchors', '')
         self.linespans = options.get('linespans', '')
         self.anchorlinenos = get_bool_opt(options, 'anchorlinenos', False)