diff --git a/includes/common.inc b/includes/common.inc
index 0a4bf39024380100446050273dd9a5eb1e36124f..07998d4167825fb7a169c875ce43f4f55a48cb78 100644
--- a/includes/common.inc
+++ b/includes/common.inc
@@ -2407,9 +2407,6 @@ function drupal_common_themes() {
     'pager_last' => array(
       'arguments' => array('text' => NULL, 'limit' => NULL, 'element' => 0, 'parameters' => array()),
     ),
-    'pager_list' => array(
-      'arguments' => array('limit' => NULL, 'element' => 0, 'quantity' => 5, 'text' => '', 'parameters' => array()),
-    ),
     'pager_link' => array(
       'arguments' => array('text' => NULL, 'page_new' => NULL, 'element' => NULL, 'parameters' => array(), 'attributes' => array()),
     ),
diff --git a/includes/pager.inc b/includes/pager.inc
index cabbe9e8bb7eb3a934e9cad4da704aef7e2596ce..2e8b81bbd63ea24a98ede95d4a596ba928805159 100644
--- a/includes/pager.inc
+++ b/includes/pager.inc
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ function pager_get_querystring() {
  *
  * Menu callbacks that display paged query results should call theme('pager') to
  * retrieve a pager control so that users can view other results.
+ * Format a list of nearby pages with additional query results.
  *
  * @param $tags
  *   An array of labels for the controls in the pager.
@@ -104,28 +105,116 @@ function pager_get_querystring() {
  *   An optional integer to distinguish between multiple pagers on one page.
  * @param $parameters
  *   An associative array of query string parameters to append to the pager links.
+ * @param $quantity
+ *   The number of pages in the list.
  * @return
  *   An HTML string that generates the query pager.
  *
  * @ingroup themeable
  */
-function theme_pager($tags = array(), $limit = 10, $element = 0, $parameters = array()) {
-  global $pager_total;
-  $output = '';
+function theme_pager($tags = array(), $limit = 10, $element = 0, $parameters = array(), $quantity = 9) {
+  global $pager_page_array, $pager_total;
+
+  // Calculate various markers within this pager piece:
+  // Middle is used to "center" pages around the current page.
+  $pager_middle = ceil($quantity / 2);
+  // current is the page we are currently paged to
+  $pager_current = $pager_page_array[$element] + 1;
+  // first is the first page listed by this pager piece (re quantity)
+  $pager_first = $pager_current - $pager_middle + 1;
+  // last is the last page listed by this pager piece (re quantity)
+  $pager_last = $pager_current + $quantity - $pager_middle;
+  // max is the maximum page number
+  $pager_max = $pager_total[$element];
+  // End of marker calculations.
+
+  // Prepare for generation loop.
+  $i = $pager_first;
+  if ($pager_last > $pager_max) {
+    // Adjust "center" if at end of query.
+    $i = $i + ($pager_max - $pager_last);
+    $pager_last = $pager_max;
+  }
+  if ($i <= 0) {
+    // Adjust "center" if at start of query.
+    $pager_last = $pager_last + (1 - $i);
+    $i = 1;
+  }
+  // End of generation loop preparation.
+
+  $li_first = theme('pager_first', ($tags[0] ? $tags[0] : t('« first')), $limit, $element, $parameters);
+  $li_previous = theme('pager_previous', ($tags[1] ? $tags[1] : t('‹ previous')), $limit, $element, 1, $parameters);
+  $li_next = theme('pager_next', ($tags[3] ? $tags[3] : t('next ›')), $limit, $element, 1, $parameters);
+  $li_last = theme('pager_last', ($tags[4] ? $tags[4] : t('last »')), $limit, $element, $parameters);
 
   if ($pager_total[$element] > 1) {
-    $output .= '<div class="pager">';
-    $output .= theme('pager_first', ($tags[0] ? $tags[0] : t('« first')), $limit, $element, $parameters);
-    $output .= theme('pager_previous', ($tags[1] ? $tags[1] : t('‹ previous')), $limit, $element, 1, $parameters);
-    $output .= theme('pager_list', $limit, $element, ($tags[2] ? $tags[2] : 9 ), '', $parameters);
-    $output .= theme('pager_next', ($tags[3] ? $tags[3] : t('next ›')), $limit, $element, 1, $parameters);
-    $output .= theme('pager_last', ($tags[4] ? $tags[4] : t('last »')), $limit, $element, $parameters);
-    $output .= '</div>';
-
-    return $output;
+    if ($li_first) {
+      $items[] = array(
+        'class' => 'pager-first',
+        'data' => $li_first,
+      );
+    }
+    if ($li_previous) {
+      $items[] = array(
+        'class' => 'pager-previous',
+        'data' => $li_previous,
+      );
+    }
+
+    // When there is more than one page, create the pager list.
+    if ($i != $pager_max) {
+      if ($i > 1) {
+        $items[] = array(
+          'class' => 'pager-ellipsis',
+          'data' => '…',
+        );
+      }
+      // Now generate the actual pager piece.
+      for (; $i <= $pager_last && $i <= $pager_max; $i++) {
+        if ($i < $pager_current) {
+          $items[] = array(
+            'class' => 'pager-item',
+            'data' => theme('pager_previous', $i, $limit, $element, ($pager_current - $i), $parameters),
+          );
+        }
+        if ($i == $pager_current) {
+          $items[] = array(
+            'class' => 'pager-current',
+            'data' => $i,
+          );
+        }
+        if ($i > $pager_current) {
+          $items[] = array(
+            'class' => 'pager-item',
+            'data' => theme('pager_next', $i, $limit, $element, ($i - $pager_current), $parameters),
+          );
+        }
+      }
+      if ($i < $pager_max) {
+        $items[] = array(
+          'class' => 'pager-ellipsis',
+          'data' => '…',
+        );
+      }
+    }
+    // End generation.
+    if ($li_next) {
+      $items[] = array(
+        'class' => 'pager-next',
+        'data' => $li_next,
+      );
+    }
+    if ($li_last) {
+      $items[] = array(
+        'class' => 'pager-last',
+        'data' => $li_last,
+      );
+    }
+    return theme('item_list', $items, NULL, 'ul', array('class' => 'pager'));
   }
 }
 
+
 /**
  * @name Pager pieces
  * @{
@@ -155,7 +244,7 @@ function theme_pager_first($text, $limit, $element = 0, $parameters = array()) {
 
   // If we are anywhere but the first page
   if ($pager_page_array[$element] > 0) {
-    $output = theme('pager_link', $text, pager_load_array(0, $element, $pager_page_array), $element, $parameters, array('class' => 'pager-first'));
+    $output = theme('pager_link', $text, pager_load_array(0, $element, $pager_page_array), $element, $parameters);
   }
 
   return $output;
@@ -193,7 +282,7 @@ function theme_pager_previous($text, $limit, $element = 0, $interval = 1, $param
     }
     // The previous page is not the first page.
     else {
-      $output = theme('pager_link', $text, $page_new, $element, $parameters, array('class' => 'pager-previous'));
+      $output = theme('pager_link', $text, $page_new, $element, $parameters);
     }
   }
 
@@ -231,7 +320,7 @@ function theme_pager_next($text, $limit, $element = 0, $interval = 1, $parameter
     }
     // The next page is not the last page.
     else {
-      $output = theme('pager_link', $text, $page_new, $element, $parameters, array('class' => 'pager-next'));
+      $output = theme('pager_link', $text, $page_new, $element, $parameters);
     }
   }
 
@@ -260,89 +349,12 @@ function theme_pager_last($text, $limit, $element = 0, $parameters = array()) {
 
   // If we are anywhere but the last page
   if ($pager_page_array[$element] < ($pager_total[$element] - 1)) {
-    $output = theme('pager_link', $text, pager_load_array($pager_total[$element] - 1, $element, $pager_page_array), $element, $parameters, array('class' => 'pager-last'));
+    $output = theme('pager_link', $text, pager_load_array($pager_total[$element] - 1, $element, $pager_page_array), $element, $parameters);
   }
 
   return $output;
 }
 
-/**
- * Format a list of nearby pages with additional query results.
- *
- * @param $limit
- *   The number of query results to display per page.
- * @param $element
- *   An optional integer to distinguish between multiple pagers on one page.
- * @param $quantity
- *   The number of pages in the list.
- * @param $text
- *   A string of text to display before the page list.
- * @param $parameters
- *   An associative array of query string parameters to append to the pager links.
- * @return
- *   An HTML string that generates this piece of the query pager.
- *
- * @ingroup themeable
- */
-function theme_pager_list($limit, $element = 0, $quantity = 5, $text = '', $parameters = array()) {
-  global $pager_page_array, $pager_total;
-
-  $output = '<span class="pager-list">';
-  // Calculate various markers within this pager piece:
-  // Middle is used to "center" pages around the current page.
-  $pager_middle = ceil($quantity / 2);
-  // current is the page we are currently paged to
-  $pager_current = $pager_page_array[$element] + 1;
-  // first is the first page listed by this pager piece (re quantity)
-  $pager_first = $pager_current - $pager_middle + 1;
-  // last is the last page listed by this pager piece (re quantity)
-  $pager_last = $pager_current + $quantity - $pager_middle;
-  // max is the maximum page number
-  $pager_max = $pager_total[$element];
-  // End of marker calculations.
-
-  // Prepare for generation loop.
-  $i = $pager_first;
-  if ($pager_last > $pager_max) {
-    // Adjust "center" if at end of query.
-    $i = $i + ($pager_max - $pager_last);
-    $pager_last = $pager_max;
-  }
-  if ($i <= 0) {
-    // Adjust "center" if at start of query.
-    $pager_last = $pager_last + (1 - $i);
-    $i = 1;
-  }
-  // End of generation loop preparation.
-
-  // When there is more than one page, create the pager list.
-  if ($i != $pager_max) {
-    $output .= $text;
-    if ($i > 1) {
-      $output .= '<span class="pager-ellipsis">…</span>';
-    }
-
-    // Now generate the actual pager piece.
-    for (; $i <= $pager_last && $i <= $pager_max; $i++) {
-      if ($i < $pager_current) {
-        $output .= theme('pager_previous', $i, $limit, $element, ($pager_current - $i), $parameters);
-      }
-      if ($i == $pager_current) {
-        $output .= '<strong class="pager-current">'. $i .'</strong>';
-      }
-      if ($i > $pager_current) {
-        $output .= theme('pager_next', $i, $limit, $element, ($i - $pager_current), $parameters);
-      }
-    }
-
-    if ($i < $pager_max) {
-      $output .= '<span class="pager-ellipsis">…</span>';
-    }
-  }
-  $output .= '</span>';
-
-  return $output;
-}
 
 /**
  * Format a link to a specific query result page.
@@ -418,5 +430,3 @@ function pager_load_array($value, $element, $old_array) {
   $new_array[$element] = (int)$value;
   return $new_array;
 }
-
-
diff --git a/modules/system/system.css b/modules/system/system.css
index fa03200e3c0976dd92011517b4d50a75ab27ca7a..2485269bc4376a06cf78dcaeffe987bad302784a 100644
--- a/modules/system/system.css
+++ b/modules/system/system.css
@@ -118,13 +118,19 @@ tr.merge-up, tr.merge-up td, tr.merge-up th {
 .nowrap {
   white-space: nowrap;
 }
-.pager {
+.item-list .pager {
   clear: both;
   text-align: center;
 }
-.pager a, .pager strong.pager-current {
+.item-list .pager li {
+  background-image:none;
+  display:inline;
+  list-style-type:none;
   padding: 0.5em;
 }
+.pager-current {
+  font-weight:bold;
+}
 .tips {
   margin-top: 0;
   margin-bottom: 0;