diff --git a/internal/lsp/semantic.go b/internal/lsp/semantic.go
index 429dc0660b2..f0c4a11a4e9 100644
--- a/internal/lsp/semantic.go
+++ b/internal/lsp/semantic.go
@@ -299,11 +299,6 @@ func (e *encoded) inspector(n ast.Node) bool {
 		what := tokNumber
 		if x.Kind == token.STRING {
 			what = tokString
-			if _, ok := e.stack[len(e.stack)-2].(*ast.Field); ok {
-				// struct tags (this is probably pointless, as the
-				// TextMate grammar will treat all the other comments the same)
-				what = tokComment
-			}
 		}
 		e.token(x.Pos(), ln, what, nil)
 	case *ast.BinaryExpr:
diff --git a/internal/lsp/testdata/semantic/a.go.golden b/internal/lsp/testdata/semantic/a.go.golden
index 19dd412407d..071dd171c84 100644
--- a/internal/lsp/testdata/semantic/a.go.golden
+++ b/internal/lsp/testdata/semantic/a.go.golden
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 )
 
 /*⇒4,keyword,[]*/type /*⇒1,type,[definition]*/A /*⇒6,keyword,[]*/struct {
-	/*⇒1,variable,[definition]*/X /*⇒3,type,[defaultLibrary]*/int /*⇒6,comment,[]*/`foof`
+	/*⇒1,variable,[definition]*/X /*⇒3,type,[defaultLibrary]*/int /*⇒6,string,[]*/`foof`
 }
 /*⇒4,keyword,[]*/type /*⇒1,type,[definition]*/B /*⇒9,keyword,[]*/interface {
 	/*⇒1,type,[]*/A