diff --git a/crates/zed/src/languages/javascript/highlights.scm b/crates/zed/src/languages/javascript/highlights.scm
index bd1986b6b3aa9d00c3596f4b8e927c7961078219..dca0b289498ded9bcadf33a42a21789a865949ec 100644
--- a/crates/zed/src/languages/javascript/highlights.scm
+++ b/crates/zed/src/languages/javascript/highlights.scm
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
   (template_string)
 ] @string
 
-(regex) @string.special
+(regex) @string.regex
 (number) @number
 
 ; Tokens
diff --git a/crates/zed/src/languages/racket/highlights.scm b/crates/zed/src/languages/racket/highlights.scm
index 9eeeb1d4eaf7c7acafb7c68e6b51555accdc7049..42b85774c93cbaa9591c6f1db97f4635ec6f4661 100644
--- a/crates/zed/src/languages/racket/highlights.scm
+++ b/crates/zed/src/languages/racket/highlights.scm
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 [(string)
  (here_string)
  (byte_string)] @string
-(regex) @string.special
+(regex) @string.regex
 (escape_sequence) @escape
 
 [(comment)
diff --git a/crates/zed/src/languages/ruby/highlights.scm b/crates/zed/src/languages/ruby/highlights.scm
index 0dfd725cd8eabd85b30589924119d5cd45eb0158..7ed6b3ab3d198758abc4f881deaadd7fa7b1a9b8 100644
--- a/crates/zed/src/languages/ruby/highlights.scm
+++ b/crates/zed/src/languages/ruby/highlights.scm
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
   (bare_symbol)
 ] @string.special.symbol
 
-(regex) @string.special.regex
+(regex) @string.regex
 (escape_sequence) @escape
 
 [
diff --git a/crates/zed/src/languages/typescript/highlights.scm b/crates/zed/src/languages/typescript/highlights.scm
index 43df33d158163c5a5b50a9e7e8d91e11f23268b2..8149ced0ddadcef3c12f2f80fbba2f716679ddff 100644
--- a/crates/zed/src/languages/typescript/highlights.scm
+++ b/crates/zed/src/languages/typescript/highlights.scm
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
   (template_string)
 ] @string
 
-(regex) @string.special
+(regex) @string.regex
 (number) @number
 
 ; Tokens
diff --git a/styles/src/themes/common/colorScheme.ts b/styles/src/themes/common/colorScheme.ts
index d4e63376b968c576b0d5b441e48fd1a7fe2ba7ed..ad2de9b62d90843608a790bf6ed2c4f4cabb7b74 100644
--- a/styles/src/themes/common/colorScheme.ts
+++ b/styles/src/themes/common/colorScheme.ts
@@ -142,14 +142,11 @@ export interface Syntax {
     string: SyntaxHighlightStyle
     // css: color_value
     // js: this, super
-    // racket: regex
     // toml: offset_date_time, local_date_time...
     "string.special": SyntaxHighlightStyle
     // elixir: atom, quoted_atom, keyword, quoted_keyword
     // ruby: simple_symbol, delimited_symbol...
     "string.special.symbol": SyntaxHighlightStyle
-    // ruby: Regular expression
-    "string.special.regex": SyntaxHighlightStyle
     // elixir, python, yaml...: escape_sequence
     "string.escape": SyntaxHighlightStyle
     // Regular expressions
diff --git a/styles/src/themes/common/syntax.ts b/styles/src/themes/common/syntax.ts
index ada4c50b57231b1c722166df5eb52f8072df1291..9c0b61447e90c864d81c89d27cf8dcb86ea0497e 100644
--- a/styles/src/themes/common/syntax.ts
+++ b/styles/src/themes/common/syntax.ts
@@ -102,9 +102,6 @@ function buildDefaultSyntax(colorScheme: ColorScheme): Syntax {
         "string.special.symbol": {
             color: color.string,
         },
-        "string.special.regex": {
-            color: color.string,
-        },
         "string.escape": {
             color: color.comment,
         },