diff --git a/Cython/Compiler/Code.py b/Cython/Compiler/Code.py
index bcf97b7d7e54e220d8f8530e4968216989ff27e3..4992f64d51c211184fe9eaf17f58a48b3437d574 100644
--- a/Cython/Compiler/Code.py
+++ b/Cython/Compiler/Code.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# cython: language_level = 3, py2_import=True
+# cython: language_level = 2, py2_import=True
 #
 #   Code output module
 #