diff --git a/crates/languages/src/python/highlights.scm b/crates/languages/src/python/highlights.scm
index 6828246649708ab194a54d121fdf37097594d641..ffc1c5633cc730d0efb0b661140cba415b6b67cd 100644
--- a/crates/languages/src/python/highlights.scm
+++ b/crates/languages/src/python/highlights.scm
@@ -92,9 +92,6 @@
    @function.builtin
    "abs" "all" "any" "ascii" "bin" "bool" "breakpoint" "bytearray" "bytes" "callable" "chr" "classmethod" "compile" "complex" "delattr" "dict" "dir" "divmod" "enumerate" "eval" "exec" "filter" "float" "format" "frozenset" "getattr" "globals" "hasattr" "hash" "help" "hex" "id" "input" "int" "isinstance" "issubclass" "iter" "len" "list" "locals" "map" "max" "memoryview" "min" "next" "object" "oct" "open" "ord" "pow" "print" "property" "range" "repr" "reversed" "round" "set" "setattr" "slice" "sorted" "staticmethod" "str" "sum" "super" "tuple" "type" "vars" "zip" "__import__"))
 
-((identifier) @type.builtin
-    (#any-of? @type.builtin "int" "float" "complex" "bool" "list" "tuple" "range" "str" "bytes" "bytearray" "memoryview" "set" "frozenset" "dict"))
-
 ; Literals
 
 [
@@ -271,24 +268,18 @@
   "lambda"
 ] @keyword.definition
 
-((identifier) @attribute.builtin
+(decorator (identifier) @attribute.builtin
   (#any-of? @attribute.builtin "classmethod" "staticmethod" "property"))
 
 ; Builtin types as identifiers
 [
   (call
     function: (identifier) @type.builtin)
-  (call
-    arguments: (argument_list
-    (identifier) @type.builtin))
-  (call
-    arguments: (argument_list
-      (keyword_argument
-        value: (identifier) @type.builtin)))
   (type (identifier) @type.builtin)
+  (generic_type (identifier) @type.builtin)
   ; also check if type binary operator left identifier for union types
   (type
     (binary_operator
       left: (identifier) @type.builtin))
   (#any-of? @type.builtin "bool" "bytearray" "bytes" "complex" "dict" "float" "frozenset" "int" "list" "memoryview" "object" "range" "set" "slice" "str" "tuple")
-] @type.builtin
+]