diff --git a/rc/filetype/lua.kak b/rc/filetype/lua.kak
index 7d94e6fed..090a94f48 100644
--- a/rc/filetype/lua.kak
+++ b/rc/filetype/lua.kak
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ add-highlighter shared/lua/code/keyword regex \b(break|do|else|elseif|end|for|fu
 add-highlighter shared/lua/code/value regex \b(false|nil|true|[0-9]+(:?\.[0-9])?(:?[eE]-?[0-9]+)?|0x[0-9a-fA-F])\b 0:value
 add-highlighter shared/lua/code/symbolic_operator regex (\+|-|\*|/|%|\^|==?|~=|<=?|>=?|\.\.|\.\.\.|#) 0:operator
 add-highlighter shared/lua/code/keyword_operator regex \b(and|or|not)\b 0:operator
-add-highlighter shared/lua/code/builtin regex \b(_G|_ENV)\b 0:builtin
 add-highlighter shared/lua/code/module regex \b(_G|_ENV)\b 0:module
 add-highlighter shared/lua/code/attribute regex \B(<[a-zA-Z_]\w*>)\B 0:attribute