diff --git a/.rubocop_todo.yml b/.rubocop_todo.yml
index fa63fe2363..5381030915 100644
--- a/.rubocop_todo.yml
+++ b/.rubocop_todo.yml
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ Rouge/NoBuildingAlternationPatternInRegexp:
     - 'lib/rouge/lexers/bicep.rb'
     - 'lib/rouge/lexers/cfscript.rb'
     - 'lib/rouge/lexers/cmhg.rb'
-    - 'lib/rouge/lexers/console.rb'
     - 'lib/rouge/lexers/crystal.rb'
     - 'lib/rouge/lexers/csharp.rb'
     - 'lib/rouge/lexers/d.rb'
diff --git a/lib/rouge/lexers/console.rb b/lib/rouge/lexers/console.rb
index 501ac50b57..dcb057187f 100644
--- a/lib/rouge/lexers/console.rb
+++ b/lib/rouge/lexers/console.rb
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def comment_regex
 
       def end_chars
         @end_chars ||= if @prompt.any?
-          @prompt.reject { |c| c.empty? }
+          @prompt.reject { |c| c.empty? }.uniq.first(20)
         elsif allow_comments?
           %w($ > ;)
         else
@@ -173,9 +173,13 @@ def prompt_prefix_regex
       end
 
       def prompt_regex
+        # [jneen] these characters can come from user input. They are escaped here,
+        # and we limit the user to 20.
+        #rubocop:disable Rouge/NoBuildingAlternationPatternInRegexp
         @prompt_regex ||= begin
           /^#{prompt_prefix_regex}(?:#{end_chars.map { |c| Regexp.escape(c) }.join('|')})/
         end
+        #rubocop:enable Rouge/NoBuildingAlternationPatternInRegexp
       end
 
       def stream_tokens(input, &output)