diff --git a/rascal-vscode-extension/package.json b/rascal-vscode-extension/package.json
index 143138273..768a57f5d 100644
--- a/rascal-vscode-extension/package.json
+++ b/rascal-vscode-extension/package.json
@@ -182,26 +182,6 @@
         ]
       }
     ],
-    "grammars": [
-      {
-        "language": "rascalmpl",
-        "scopeName": "source.rascalmpl",
-        "path": "./syntaxes/rascal.tmGrammar.json",
-        "tokenTypes": {
-          "string": "other",
-          "comment": "other"
-        }
-      },
-      {
-        "language": "parametric-rascalmpl",
-        "scopeName": "source.parametric-rascalmpl",
-        "path": "./syntaxes/parametric.tmGrammar.json",
-        "tokenTypes": {
-          "string": "other",
-          "comment": "other"
-        }
-      }
-    ],
     "semanticTokenScopes": [
       {
         "language": "rascalmpl",
diff --git a/rascal-vscode-extension/syntaxes/parametric.tmGrammar.json b/rascal-vscode-extension/syntaxes/parametric.tmGrammar.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 0f41251f5..000000000
--- a/rascal-vscode-extension/syntaxes/parametric.tmGrammar.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "scopeName": "source.parametric-rascalmpl"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/rascal-vscode-extension/syntaxes/rascal.tmGrammar.json b/rascal-vscode-extension/syntaxes/rascal.tmGrammar.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 798333e25..000000000
--- a/rascal-vscode-extension/syntaxes/rascal.tmGrammar.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "scopeName": "source.rascalmpl"
-}