diff --git a/src/plugins/fakevim/fakevimhandler.cpp b/src/plugins/fakevim/fakevimhandler.cpp
index d8e2c7d20d4e67d765c9504daf5950e07998c8ed..7a04b1ac76590cf7c25bde5b78f58e90661a6699 100644
--- a/src/plugins/fakevim/fakevimhandler.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/fakevim/fakevimhandler.cpp
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ FakeVimHandler::Private::Private(FakeVimHandler *parent, QWidget *widget)
     q = parent;
     m_textedit = qobject_cast<QTextEdit *>(widget);
     m_plaintextedit = qobject_cast<QPlainTextEdit *>(widget);
-    new Highlighter(EDITOR(document()), &pythonRules);
+    //new Highlighter(EDITOR(document()), &pythonRules);
     init();
 }