diff --git a/helix-term/src/application.rs b/helix-term/src/application.rs
index 8dbd0d0fcbaa2..5afac01e4b16a 100644
--- a/helix-term/src/application.rs
+++ b/helix-term/src/application.rs
@@ -400,7 +400,6 @@ impl Application {
 
         self.syn_loader
             .store(Arc::new(syntax::Loader::new(syntax_config)));
-        self.editor.syn_loader = self.syn_loader.clone();
         for document in self.editor.documents.values_mut() {
             document.detect_language(self.syn_loader.clone());
             let diagnostics = Editor::doc_diagnostics(