diff --git a/queries/ada/highlights.scm b/queries/ada/highlights.scm
index a350d31d9..694763073 100644
--- a/queries/ada/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/ada/highlights.scm
@@ -188,9 +188,3 @@
 (enumeration_type_definition 
   (identifier)
   . (comment) @comment.documentation)
-
-;; Highlight errors in red. This is not very useful in practice, as text will
-;; be highlighted as user types, and the error could be elsewhere in the code.
-;; This also requires defining    :hi @error guifg=Red    for instance.
-(ERROR) @error
-
diff --git a/queries/bitbake/highlights.scm b/queries/bitbake/highlights.scm
index eb37b1b36..d61889acd 100644
--- a/queries/bitbake/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/bitbake/highlights.scm
@@ -356,5 +356,3 @@
               "bytes" "bytearray" "memoryview" "set" "frozenset" "dict" "type" "object"))
 
 (comment) @comment @spell
-
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/c/highlights.scm b/queries/c/highlights.scm
index 4acdaed99..74656e336 100644
--- a/queries/c/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/c/highlights.scm
@@ -282,5 +282,3 @@
   (ms_pointer_modifier)
   (attribute_declaration)
 ] @attribute
-
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/cairo/highlights.scm b/queries/cairo/highlights.scm
index 0f68121ae..715644fcc 100644
--- a/queries/cairo/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/cairo/highlights.scm
@@ -332,7 +332,3 @@
 ; Comment
 
 (comment) @comment @spell
-
-; Errors
-
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/capnp/highlights.scm b/queries/capnp/highlights.scm
index 780f03675..f3954ae8c 100644
--- a/queries/capnp/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/capnp/highlights.scm
@@ -148,7 +148,3 @@
 ; Comments
 
 (comment) @comment @spell
-
-; Errors
-
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/chatito/highlights.scm b/queries/chatito/highlights.scm
index f933f43c3..12a344523 100644
--- a/queries/chatito/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/chatito/highlights.scm
@@ -48,7 +48,3 @@
 ;; Comment
 
 (comment) @comment @spell
-
-;; Error
-
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/corn/highlights.scm b/queries/corn/highlights.scm
index 66873492f..200c33e1b 100644
--- a/queries/corn/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/corn/highlights.scm
@@ -18,5 +18,3 @@
 (float) @float
 (boolean) @boolean
 (null) @keyword
-
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/cpon/highlights.scm b/queries/cpon/highlights.scm
index 807714a0f..36df3555c 100644
--- a/queries/cpon/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/cpon/highlights.scm
@@ -44,7 +44,3 @@
 ; Comments
 
 (comment) @comment @spell
-
-; Errors
-
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/css/highlights.scm b/queries/css/highlights.scm
index b26f0ec96..8a7cba160 100644
--- a/queries/css/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/css/highlights.scm
@@ -87,5 +87,3 @@
  "("
  "}"
  ] @punctuation.bracket
-
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/cue/highlights.scm b/queries/cue/highlights.scm
index 8e626d63c..00088dec9 100644
--- a/queries/cue/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/cue/highlights.scm
@@ -158,7 +158,3 @@
 ; Comments
 
 (comment) @comment @spell
-
-; Errors
-
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/dart/highlights.scm b/queries/dart/highlights.scm
index b5a4bd62a..3ebdae0ea 100644
--- a/queries/dart/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/dart/highlights.scm
@@ -268,6 +268,3 @@
 ] @exception
 
 ["do" "while" "continue" "for"] @repeat
-
-; Error
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/dot/highlights.scm b/queries/dot/highlights.scm
index d8b70a949..6916d3721 100644
--- a/queries/dot/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/dot/highlights.scm
@@ -51,5 +51,3 @@
 (preproc) @preproc
 
 (comment) @spell
-
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/dtd/highlights.scm b/queries/dtd/highlights.scm
index ba34f0bfe..678e61f92 100644
--- a/queries/dtd/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/dtd/highlights.scm
@@ -117,5 +117,3 @@
 [ "INCLUDE" "IGNORE" ] @include
 
 (Comment) @comment @spell
-
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/eex/highlights.scm b/queries/eex/highlights.scm
index 29b733e89..d032a7486 100644
--- a/queries/eex/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/eex/highlights.scm
@@ -10,6 +10,3 @@
 
 ; EEx comments are highlighted as such
 (comment) @comment @spell
-
-; Tree-sitter parser errors
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/elixir/highlights.scm b/queries/elixir/highlights.scm
index 60a6f3156..0fbde2959 100644
--- a/queries/elixir/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/elixir/highlights.scm
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@
   "%"
 ] @punctuation.special
 
-; Parser Errors
-(ERROR) @error
-
 ; Identifiers
 (identifier) @variable
 
diff --git a/queries/firrtl/highlights.scm b/queries/firrtl/highlights.scm
index 551b2e751..ace8f712e 100644
--- a/queries/firrtl/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/firrtl/highlights.scm
@@ -184,6 +184,3 @@
 (comment) @comment @spell
 
 ["=>" "<=" "="] @operator
-
-; Error
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/fish/highlights.scm b/queries/fish/highlights.scm
index d12cbd781..8d0fba29a 100644
--- a/queries/fish/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/fish/highlights.scm
@@ -161,8 +161,3 @@
 
 ((program . (comment) @preproc)
   (#lua-match? @preproc "^#!/"))
-
-;; Error
-
-(ERROR) @error
-
diff --git a/queries/forth/highlights.scm b/queries/forth/highlights.scm
index c2c5c3801..1e7207597 100644
--- a/queries/forth/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/forth/highlights.scm
@@ -17,5 +17,3 @@
 ] @punctuation.delimiter
 
 (comment) @comment @spell
-
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/fortran/highlights.scm b/queries/fortran/highlights.scm
index a6b55413b..3e85212bd 100644
--- a/queries/fortran/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/fortran/highlights.scm
@@ -326,7 +326,3 @@
 
 ((comment) @comment.documentation
   (#lua-match? @comment.documentation "^!>"))
-
-; Errors
-
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/gdscript/highlights.scm b/queries/gdscript/highlights.scm
index a6581bb97..535dcd009 100644
--- a/queries/gdscript/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/gdscript/highlights.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 ;; Basic
-(ERROR) @error
 
 (identifier) @variable
 (name) @variable
diff --git a/queries/gitattributes/highlights.scm b/queries/gitattributes/highlights.scm
index 73ec71438..5d044b356 100644
--- a/queries/gitattributes/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/gitattributes/highlights.scm
@@ -48,6 +48,4 @@
   (trailing_slash)
 ] @error
 
-(ERROR) @error
-
 (comment) @comment @spell
diff --git a/queries/gitcommit/highlights.scm b/queries/gitcommit/highlights.scm
index ff0c4ddb3..15ba85ef8 100644
--- a/queries/gitcommit/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/gitcommit/highlights.scm
@@ -29,5 +29,3 @@
 (breaking_change (value) @text @spell)
 
 (scissor) @comment
-
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/gleam/highlights.scm b/queries/gleam/highlights.scm
index 051cbffc0..bc392dec4 100644
--- a/queries/gleam/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/gleam/highlights.scm
@@ -167,6 +167,3 @@
 
 ; Pipe Operator
 (binary_expression operator: "|>" right: (identifier) @function)
-
-; Parser Errors
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/go/highlights.scm b/queries/go/highlights.scm
index 4dc5649f3..65c00ea27 100644
--- a/queries/go/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/go/highlights.scm
@@ -245,10 +245,6 @@
   (comment)+ @comment.documentation
   . (var_declaration))
 
-; Errors
-
-(ERROR) @error
-
 ; Spell
 
 ((interpreted_string_literal) @spell
diff --git a/queries/godot_resource/highlights.scm b/queries/godot_resource/highlights.scm
index 005ddaacb..848fbbe1f 100644
--- a/queries/godot_resource/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/godot_resource/highlights.scm
@@ -24,5 +24,3 @@
 ] @punctuation.bracket
 
 "=" @operator
-
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/gpg/highlights.scm b/queries/gpg/highlights.scm
index 55833027e..fb70ba135 100644
--- a/queries/gpg/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/gpg/highlights.scm
@@ -45,5 +45,3 @@
 [ "\"" "'" "," ] @punctuation.delimiter
 
 (comment) @comment @spell
-
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/gstlaunch/highlights.scm b/queries/gstlaunch/highlights.scm
index a6db82fdb..8fc8d2198 100644
--- a/queries/gstlaunch/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/gstlaunch/highlights.scm
@@ -28,5 +28,3 @@
   type: (_) @type)
 (bin
   type: (_) @type)
-
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/hack/highlights.scm b/queries/hack/highlights.scm
index a75b166ca..efe5631a6 100644
--- a/queries/hack/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/hack/highlights.scm
@@ -313,5 +313,3 @@
  (xhp_open)
  (xhp_close)
 ] @tag
-
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/hare/highlights.scm b/queries/hare/highlights.scm
index 063af31b3..f331da910 100644
--- a/queries/hare/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/hare/highlights.scm
@@ -249,7 +249,3 @@
 ; Comments
 
 (comment) @comment @spell
-
-; Errors
-
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/hcl/highlights.scm b/queries/hcl/highlights.scm
index ba22f99d7..4cc822abd 100644
--- a/queries/hcl/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/hcl/highlights.scm
@@ -95,5 +95,3 @@
 ;
 ; first element in get_attr is a variable.builtin or a reference to a variable.builtin
 (expression (variable_expr (identifier) @variable.builtin) (get_attr (identifier) @field))
-
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/heex/highlights.scm b/queries/heex/highlights.scm
index fe85a0652..ed8efb906 100644
--- a/queries/heex/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/heex/highlights.scm
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@
 ; HEEx text content is treated as markup
 (text) @text
 
-; Tree-sitter parser errors
-(ERROR) @error
-
 ; HEEx tags and slots are highlighted as HTML
 [
  (tag_name) 
diff --git a/queries/hjson/highlights.scm b/queries/hjson/highlights.scm
index 8d5f5998d..6e092fa14 100644
--- a/queries/hjson/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/hjson/highlights.scm
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 (pair value: (string) @string)
 (array (string) @string)
 ;  (string_content (escape_sequence) @string.escape)
-(ERROR) @error
 ;  "," @punctuation.delimiter
 "[" @punctuation.bracket
 "]" @punctuation.bracket
diff --git a/queries/http/highlights.scm b/queries/http/highlights.scm
index e89b4dc7f..e03f61253 100644
--- a/queries/http/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/http/highlights.scm
@@ -54,7 +54,3 @@
 ; Comments
 
 (comment) @comment @spell
-
-; Errors
-
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/json/highlights.scm b/queries/json/highlights.scm
index 6163b2092..36c8f7a10 100644
--- a/queries/json/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/json/highlights.scm
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
 
 (array (string) @string)
 
-(ERROR) @error
-
 ["," ":"] @punctuation.delimiter
 
 [
diff --git a/queries/json5/highlights.scm b/queries/json5/highlights.scm
index 653a48ef5..6d53c7bfc 100644
--- a/queries/json5/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/json5/highlights.scm
@@ -13,5 +13,3 @@
 
 (member
     name: (_) @keyword)
-
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/jsonnet/highlights.scm b/queries/jsonnet/highlights.scm
index 2ec60d0a7..e7ea6d8bb 100644
--- a/queries/jsonnet/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/jsonnet/highlights.scm
@@ -116,6 +116,3 @@
       (id) @parameter
     ))?
   ")")
-
-; ERROR
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/kconfig/highlights.scm b/queries/kconfig/highlights.scm
index 71889cb5e..2e7c401a1 100644
--- a/queries/kconfig/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/kconfig/highlights.scm
@@ -77,5 +77,3 @@
 (source (prompt) @text.uri @string.special)
 
 (comment) @comment @spell
-
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/latex/highlights.scm b/queries/latex/highlights.scm
index 8bb8fb10c..d0283c2e7 100644
--- a/queries/latex/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/latex/highlights.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 ;; General syntax
-(ERROR) @error
 
 (command_name) @function
 (caption
diff --git a/queries/llvm/highlights.scm b/queries/llvm/highlights.scm
index c788aaafd..37a31a3bb 100644
--- a/queries/llvm/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/llvm/highlights.scm
@@ -162,5 +162,3 @@
   "none"
   "zeroinitializer"
 ] @constant.builtin
-
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/lua/highlights.scm b/queries/lua/highlights.scm
index 94fcac504..1af8e9aec 100644
--- a/queries/lua/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/lua/highlights.scm
@@ -247,6 +247,3 @@
 (string) @string
 
 (escape_sequence) @string.escape
-
-;; Error
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/luau/highlights.scm b/queries/luau/highlights.scm
index 96788ecc3..7a6bc2e35 100644
--- a/queries/luau/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/luau/highlights.scm
@@ -246,7 +246,3 @@
 
 ((comment) @comment.documentation
   (#lua-match? @comment.documentation "^[-][-](%s?)@"))
-
-; Errors
-
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/matlab/highlights.scm b/queries/matlab/highlights.scm
index 8dd10d6a9..9f8303a3d 100644
--- a/queries/matlab/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/matlab/highlights.scm
@@ -148,7 +148,3 @@
 ; Comments
 
 [ (comment) (line_continuation) ] @comment @spell
-
-; Errors
-
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/menhir/highlights.scm b/queries/menhir/highlights.scm
index 14bd2ea8d..8b4b41d59 100644
--- a/queries/menhir/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/menhir/highlights.scm
@@ -26,4 +26,3 @@
 (ocaml) @none
 
 [(comment) (line_comment) (ocaml_comment)] @comment @spell
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/ocaml/highlights.scm b/queries/ocaml/highlights.scm
index 309fdd73c..e263d833e 100644
--- a/queries/ocaml/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/ocaml/highlights.scm
@@ -173,5 +173,3 @@
 ;---------
 
 [(comment) (line_number_directive) (directive) (shebang)] @comment @spell
-
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/ocamllex/highlights.scm b/queries/ocamllex/highlights.scm
index 3673206ae..248470821 100644
--- a/queries/ocamllex/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/ocamllex/highlights.scm
@@ -38,4 +38,3 @@
 ; Misc
 
 (comment) @comment @spell
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/odin/highlights.scm b/queries/odin/highlights.scm
index e9ded5397..bdc557df2 100644
--- a/queries/odin/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/odin/highlights.scm
@@ -287,7 +287,3 @@
   (comment)
   (block_comment)
 ] @comment @spell
-
-; Errors
-
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/pem/highlights.scm b/queries/pem/highlights.scm
index 82289c6a9..f5d0d70f0 100644
--- a/queries/pem/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/pem/highlights.scm
@@ -7,5 +7,3 @@
 (data) @none
 
 (comment) @comment @spell
-
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/perl/highlights.scm b/queries/perl/highlights.scm
index ffd5ed392..7f9077a0d 100644
--- a/queries/perl/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/perl/highlights.scm
@@ -103,8 +103,6 @@
 
 (function) @function
 
-(ERROR) @error
-
 (_
   "{" @punctuation.special
   (varname)
diff --git a/queries/php/highlights.scm b/queries/php/highlights.scm
index e284d16b0..427ab4838 100644
--- a/queries/php/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/php/highlights.scm
@@ -319,5 +319,3 @@
   "@"
   "::"
 ] @operator
-
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/po/highlights.scm b/queries/po/highlights.scm
index bddeb5ba9..307e32059 100644
--- a/queries/po/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/po/highlights.scm
@@ -27,7 +27,3 @@
 (comment (reference (text) @string.special.path))
 
 (comment (flag (text) @preproc))
-
-; Errors
-
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/pony/highlights.scm b/queries/pony/highlights.scm
index 1968693f4..18c3975ea 100644
--- a/queries/pony/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/pony/highlights.scm
@@ -286,7 +286,3 @@
   (line_comment)
   (block_comment)
 ] @comment @spell
-
-; Errors
-
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/promql/highlights.scm b/queries/promql/highlights.scm
index 024b7703b..47038034a 100644
--- a/queries/promql/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/promql/highlights.scm
@@ -38,5 +38,3 @@
 (function_name) @function.call
 
 (comment) @comment @spell
-(ERROR) @error
-
diff --git a/queries/puppet/highlights.scm b/queries/puppet/highlights.scm
index dc3a1a3f3..196aa9dbd 100644
--- a/queries/puppet/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/puppet/highlights.scm
@@ -189,7 +189,3 @@
 ; Comments
 
 (comment) @comment @spell
-
-; Errors
-
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/pymanifest/highlights.scm b/queries/pymanifest/highlights.scm
index 2205509ab..0f76a9383 100644
--- a/queries/pymanifest/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/pymanifest/highlights.scm
@@ -17,6 +17,4 @@
 
 (escaped_char) @string.escape
 
-(ERROR) @error
-
 (comment) @comment @spell
diff --git a/queries/python/highlights.scm b/queries/python/highlights.scm
index 04398668e..de98dccbf 100644
--- a/queries/python/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/python/highlights.scm
@@ -346,6 +346,3 @@
               ;; https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html
               "bool" "int" "float" "complex" "list" "tuple" "range" "str"
               "bytes" "bytearray" "memoryview" "set" "frozenset" "dict" "type" "object"))
-
-;; Error
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/r/highlights.scm b/queries/r/highlights.scm
index ca784e647..9d837ba83 100755
--- a/queries/r/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/r/highlights.scm
@@ -139,6 +139,3 @@
 
 (call
   function: ((dollar _ (identifier) @method.call)))
-
-; Error
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/racket/highlights.scm b/queries/racket/highlights.scm
index af0650334..4448397ae 100644
--- a/queries/racket/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/racket/highlights.scm
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 ;;                         Basic highlights                         ;;
 ;;------------------------------------------------------------------;;
 
-(ERROR) @error
-
 ;; basic ;;
 
 (number) @number
diff --git a/queries/rasi/highlights.scm b/queries/rasi/highlights.scm
index 7936d99ed..6485a5f9e 100644
--- a/queries/rasi/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/rasi/highlights.scm
@@ -78,5 +78,3 @@
 (environ_value "env" @function.builtin (identifier) @variable)
 
 (property_name) @variable
-
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/re2c/highlights.scm b/queries/re2c/highlights.scm
index 6d3a27f5a..fd59c7208 100644
--- a/queries/re2c/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/re2c/highlights.scm
@@ -186,5 +186,3 @@
   (comment)
   (ignore_block)
 ] @comment @spell
-
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/requirements/highlights.scm b/queries/requirements/highlights.scm
index 04942ca68..3d3d20d91 100644
--- a/queries/requirements/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/requirements/highlights.scm
@@ -42,6 +42,4 @@
 
 (linebreak) @character.special
 
-(ERROR) @error
-
 (comment) @comment @spell
diff --git a/queries/rnoweb/highlights.scm b/queries/rnoweb/highlights.scm
deleted file mode 100644
index 4bed5c94e..000000000
--- a/queries/rnoweb/highlights.scm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-;; General syntax
-;(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/ron/highlights.scm b/queries/ron/highlights.scm
index 869264305..7f5b9030f 100644
--- a/queries/ron/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/ron/highlights.scm
@@ -50,4 +50,3 @@
 ;------------
 
 (escape_sequence) @string.escape
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/rst/highlights.scm b/queries/rst/highlights.scm
index 759087130..3231262c2 100644
--- a/queries/rst/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/rst/highlights.scm
@@ -167,5 +167,3 @@
         (#not-any-of? @_directive "code" "code-block" "sourcecode")))
 
 (paragraph) @spell
-
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/ruby/highlights.scm b/queries/ruby/highlights.scm
index 3479ad80d..727c0fc50 100644
--- a/queries/ruby/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/ruby/highlights.scm
@@ -255,5 +255,3 @@
 (interpolation
   "#{" @punctuation.special
   "}" @punctuation.special) @none
-
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/smali/highlights.scm b/queries/smali/highlights.scm
index 2e2b84b8b..3b6035c09 100644
--- a/queries/smali/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/smali/highlights.scm
@@ -212,7 +212,3 @@
 
 (class_definition
   (comment) @comment.documentation)
-
-; Errors
-
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/solidity/highlights.scm b/queries/solidity/highlights.scm
index 82cf4fc73..f537cfab2 100644
--- a/queries/solidity/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/solidity/highlights.scm
@@ -258,7 +258,3 @@
 
 ((comment) @comment.documentation
   (#lua-match? @comment.documentation "^/[*][*][^*].*[*]/$"))
-
-; Errors
-
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/ssh_config/highlights.scm b/queries/ssh_config/highlights.scm
index d6b060f56..8de836b17 100644
--- a/queries/ssh_config/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/ssh_config/highlights.scm
@@ -68,8 +68,6 @@
 
 (comment) @comment @spell
 
-(ERROR) @error
-
 ; Punctuation
 
 [ "${" "}" ] @punctuation.special
diff --git a/queries/starlark/highlights.scm b/queries/starlark/highlights.scm
index 66ca4e8dd..055fad16f 100644
--- a/queries/starlark/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/starlark/highlights.scm
@@ -262,9 +262,6 @@
 
 ["," "." ":" ";" (ellipsis)] @punctuation.delimiter
 
-;; Error
-(ERROR) @error
-
 ;; Starlark-specific
 
 ;; Assertion calls
diff --git a/queries/strace/highlights.scm b/queries/strace/highlights.scm
index f45ef31c9..8967542a4 100644
--- a/queries/strace/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/strace/highlights.scm
@@ -50,5 +50,3 @@
 ] @punctuation.delimiter
 
 (comment) @comment @spell
-
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/tablegen/highlights.scm b/queries/tablegen/highlights.scm
index b0b4b000c..c541cd165 100644
--- a/queries/tablegen/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/tablegen/highlights.scm
@@ -150,7 +150,3 @@
 
 ((comment) @preproc
   (#lua-match? @preproc "^.*RUN"))
-
-; Errors
-
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/teal/highlights.scm b/queries/teal/highlights.scm
index 4af3e212b..b6b79dec5 100644
--- a/queries/teal/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/teal/highlights.scm
@@ -130,6 +130,3 @@
 ;    (string (format_specifier) @string.escape)
 ;    key: (identifier) @func-name)
 ;    (#eq? @func-name "format"))
-
-
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/thrift/highlights.scm b/queries/thrift/highlights.scm
index 2c963f5bc..6c68dc9a3 100644
--- a/queries/thrift/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/thrift/highlights.scm
@@ -224,7 +224,3 @@
 
 ((comment) @preproc
   (#lua-match? @preproc "#!.*"))
-
-; Errors
-
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/toml/highlights.scm b/queries/toml/highlights.scm
index 5255a20ab..fd6fe7309 100644
--- a/queries/toml/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/toml/highlights.scm
@@ -32,5 +32,3 @@
 "]]" @punctuation.bracket
 "{" @punctuation.bracket
 "}" @punctuation.bracket
-
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/ungrammar/highlights.scm b/queries/ungrammar/highlights.scm
index c441eab70..60355f577 100644
--- a/queries/ungrammar/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/ungrammar/highlights.scm
@@ -26,5 +26,3 @@
   "("
   ")"
 ] @punctuation.bracket
-
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/v/highlights.scm b/queries/v/highlights.scm
index 0fb3074fa..b90749590 100644
--- a/queries/v/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/v/highlights.scm
@@ -461,7 +461,3 @@
 (_
   (comment)+ @comment.documentation
   [(function_declaration) (type_declaration) (enum_declaration)])
-
-; Errors
-
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/verilog/highlights.scm b/queries/verilog/highlights.scm
index 86952becf..6d27863f6 100644
--- a/queries/verilog/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/verilog/highlights.scm
@@ -311,5 +311,3 @@
   "("
   ")"
 ] @punctuation.bracket
-
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/wgsl/highlights.scm b/queries/wgsl/highlights.scm
index d2fa7409a..c440bf0fe 100644
--- a/queries/wgsl/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/wgsl/highlights.scm
@@ -102,5 +102,3 @@
     (identifier) @attribute)
 
 [(line_comment) (block_comment)] @comment @spell
-
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/yaml/highlights.scm b/queries/yaml/highlights.scm
index fb3338eb3..0fa633dbd 100644
--- a/queries/yaml/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/yaml/highlights.scm
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 (anchor_name) @type
 (alias_name) @type
 (tag) @type
-(ERROR) @error
 
 [
   (yaml_directive)
diff --git a/queries/yuck/highlights.scm b/queries/yuck/highlights.scm
index 0caf78c84..16e90441f 100644
--- a/queries/yuck/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/yuck/highlights.scm
@@ -144,7 +144,3 @@
 ; Comments
 
 (comment) @comment @spell
-
-; Errors
-
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/queries/zig/highlights.scm b/queries/zig/highlights.scm
index 9e558d74d..9ba764b10 100644
--- a/queries/zig/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/zig/highlights.scm
@@ -227,6 +227,3 @@ field_constant: (IDENTIFIER) @constant
   (PtrPayload "|")
   (PtrIndexPayload "|")
 ] @punctuation.bracket
-
-; Error
-(ERROR) @error