diff --git a/syntax/fennel.vim b/syntax/fennel.vim
index e20aaca..1035908 100644
--- a/syntax/fennel.vim
+++ b/syntax/fennel.vim
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ syn match FennelComment ";.*$" contains=FennelCommentTodo,@Spell
 
 syntax match FennelStringEscape '\v\\%([abfnrtv'"\\]|x[[0-9a-fA-F]]\{2}|25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[0-1][0-9][0-9])' contained
 syntax region FennelString matchgroup=FennelStringDelimiter start=/"/ skip=/\\\\\|\\"/ end=/"/ contains=FennelStringEscape,@Spell
-syntax region FennelString matchgroup=FennelStringDelimiter start=/'/ skip=/\\\\\|\\'/ end=/'/ contains=FennelStringEscape,@Spell
 
 syn keyword FennelConstant nil