diff --git a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/editor/PythonBackspaceHandler.java b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/editor/PythonBackspaceHandler.java
index 052cbc1e4897..acc3794b7a7c 100644
--- a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/editor/PythonBackspaceHandler.java
+++ b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/editor/PythonBackspaceHandler.java
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 package com.jetbrains.python.editor;
 
+import com.intellij.codeInsight.editorActions.BackspaceHandler;
 import com.intellij.codeInsight.editorActions.BackspaceHandlerDelegate;
 import com.intellij.openapi.editor.Editor;
 import com.intellij.openapi.editor.LogicalPosition;
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiFile;
-import com.intellij.psi.codeStyle.CodeStyleSettings;
-import com.intellij.psi.codeStyle.CodeStyleSettingsManager;
 import com.jetbrains.python.PythonFileType;
 
 /**
@@ -15,32 +14,8 @@ public class PythonBackspaceHandler extends BackspaceHandlerDelegate {
   private LogicalPosition myTargetPosition;
 
   public void beforeCharDeleted(final char c, final PsiFile file, final Editor editor) {
-    myTargetPosition = null;
     if (PythonFileType.INSTANCE != file.getFileType()) return;
-    if (editor.getSelectionModel().hasSelection() || editor.getSelectionModel().hasBlockSelection()) return;
-
-    LogicalPosition caretPos = editor.getCaretModel().getLogicalPosition();
-    if (caretPos.line == 1 || caretPos.column == 0) {
-        return;
-    }
-    int lineStartOffset = editor.getDocument().getLineStartOffset(caretPos.line);
-    int lineEndOffset = editor.getDocument().getLineEndOffset(caretPos.line);
-
-    CharSequence charSeq = editor.getDocument().getCharsSequence();
-    // smart backspace is activated only if all characters in the caret line
-    // are whitespace characters
-    for(int pos=lineStartOffset; pos<lineEndOffset; pos++) {
-        if (charSeq.charAt(pos) != '\t' && charSeq.charAt(pos) != ' ' &&
-                charSeq.charAt(pos) != '\n') {
-            return;
-        }
-    }
-
-    CodeStyleSettings settings = CodeStyleSettingsManager.getSettings(file.getProject());
-    int column = caretPos.column - settings.getIndentSize(PythonFileType.INSTANCE);
-    if (column < 0) column = 0;
-
-    myTargetPosition = new LogicalPosition(caretPos.line, column);
+    myTargetPosition = BackspaceHandler.getBackspaceUnindentPosition(file, editor);
   }
 
   public boolean charDeleted(final char c, final PsiFile file, final Editor editor) {