diff --git a/support/vscode_ext/jac/syntaxes/jac.tmLanguage.json b/support/vscode_ext/jac/syntaxes/jac.tmLanguage.json
index 2b02ec381..626724033 100644
--- a/support/vscode_ext/jac/syntaxes/jac.tmLanguage.json
+++ b/support/vscode_ext/jac/syntaxes/jac.tmLanguage.json
@@ -603,9 +603,6 @@
 		"expression-bare": {
 			"comment": "valid Python expressions w/o comments and line continuation",
 			"patterns": [
-				{
-					"include": "#backticks"
-				},
 				{
 					"include": "#illegal-anno"
 				},
@@ -1495,9 +1492,6 @@
 						{
 							"include": "#comments"
 						},
-						{
-							"include": "#backticks"
-						},
 						{
 							"include": "#illegal-anno"
 						},
@@ -2086,16 +2080,6 @@
 			"name": "constant.other.ellipsis.jac",
 			"match": "\\.\\.\\."
 		},
-		"backticks": {
-			"name": "invalid.deprecated.backtick.jac",
-			"begin": "\\`",
-			"end": "(?:\\`|(?<!\\\\)(\\n))",
-			"patterns": [
-				{
-					"include": "#expression"
-				}
-			]
-		},
 		"illegal-operator": {
 			"patterns": [
 				{