diff --git a/lua/nvim-treesitter/highlight.lua b/lua/nvim-treesitter/highlight.lua
index bcf97bc93..4a24ddb0b 100644
--- a/lua/nvim-treesitter/highlight.lua
+++ b/lua/nvim-treesitter/highlight.lua
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ hlmap["punctuation.special"] = "TSPunctSpecial"
 
 -- Variable
 hlmap["variable"] = "TSConstant"
-hlmap["variable.builtin"] = "TSConstBuiltin"
 
 -- Constants
 hlmap["constant"] = "TSConstant"