diff --git a/syntaxes/kiss.tmLanguage b/syntaxes/kiss.tmLanguage
index 1f31553f..ebd71dfd 100644
--- a/syntaxes/kiss.tmLanguage
+++ b/syntaxes/kiss.tmLanguage
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 				</dict>
 			</dict>
 			<key>match</key>
-			<string>(;|//).*$\n?</string>
+			<string>(//).*$\n?</string>
 			<key>name</key>
 			<string>comment.line.semicolon.kiss</string>
 		</dict>