diff --git a/lua/nvim-treesitter/highlight.lua b/lua/nvim-treesitter/highlight.lua
index 0086fcb0d..8e03d1d75 100644
--- a/lua/nvim-treesitter/highlight.lua
+++ b/lua/nvim-treesitter/highlight.lua
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ local M = {
 local hlmap = vim.treesitter.TSHighlighter.hl_map
 
 -- Misc
-hlmap.error = "Error"
+hlmap.error = nil -- = "Error" activates highlighting of syntax errors
 hlmap["punctuation.delimiter"] = "Delimiter"
 hlmap["punctuation.bracket"] = "Delimiter"
 hlmap["punctuation.special"] = "Delimiter"