diff --git a/queries/cpp/highlights.scm b/queries/cpp/highlights.scm
index 128ecb9d7..38f7c463d 100644
--- a/queries/cpp/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/cpp/highlights.scm
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@
 ; function(Foo ...foo)
 (variadic_parameter_declaration
   declarator: (variadic_declarator
-                (identifier) @parameter))
+                (_) @parameter))
 ; int foo = 0
 (optional_parameter_declaration
-    declarator: (identifier) @parameter)
+    declarator: (_) @parameter)
 
 ;(field_expression) @parameter ;; How to highlight this?
 (template_function