diff --git a/runtime/queries/comment/highlights.scm b/runtime/queries/comment/highlights.scm
index ba26ca0bfa704..e0916cecedff5 100644
--- a/runtime/queries/comment/highlights.scm
+++ b/runtime/queries/comment/highlights.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-":" @punctuation.delimiter
-
 ; Hint level tags
 ((tag (name) @hint)
  (#match? @hint "^(HINT|MARK|PASSED|STUB|MOCK)$"))