diff --git a/src/sage/interfaces/expect.py b/src/sage/interfaces/expect.py
index ff424335d56..80ef6e4078d 100644
--- a/src/sage/interfaces/expect.py
+++ b/src/sage/interfaces/expect.py
@@ -1238,7 +1238,7 @@ def _expect_expr(self, expr=None, timeout=None):
             sage: print(sage0.eval("dummy=gp.eval('0'); alarm(1); gp._expect_expr('1')"))  # long time
             ...Interrupting PARI/GP interpreter. Please wait a few seconds...
             ...
-            AlarmInterrupt:
+            ...AlarmInterrupt...
         """
         if expr is None:
             # the following works around gap._prompt_wait not being defined
diff --git a/src/sage/interfaces/sage0.py b/src/sage/interfaces/sage0.py
index 6baf1092479..f7158233836 100644
--- a/src/sage/interfaces/sage0.py
+++ b/src/sage/interfaces/sage0.py
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ class Sage(ExtraTabCompletion, Expect):
     def __init__(self,
                  logfile=None,
                  preparse=True,
-                 python=False,
                  init_code=None,
                  server=None,
                  server_tmpdir=None,
@@ -154,24 +153,10 @@ def __init__(self,
                     'init_code should be a string or an iterable of lines '
                     'of code')
 
-        if python:
-            command = 'python -u'
-            prompt = re.compile(b'>>> ')
-            environment = 'sage.all'
-            init_code.append(f'from {environment} import *')
-        else:
-            command = ' '.join([
-                'sage-ipython',
-                # Disable the IPython history (implemented as SQLite database)
-                # to avoid problems with locking.
-                '--HistoryManager.hist_file=:memory:',
-                # Disable everything that prints ANSI codes
-                '--colors=nocolor',
-                '--no-term-title',
-                '--simple-prompt',
-            ])
-            prompt = re.compile(b'sage: ')
-
+        command = 'python -u'
+        prompt = re.compile(b'>>> ')
+        environment = 'sage.all'
+        init_code.append(f'from {environment} import *')
         init_code.append('import pickle')
         init_code.append(textwrap.dedent("""
             def _sage0_load_local(filename):