diff --git a/syntax.php b/syntax.php
index ba61f48..b438600 100644
--- a/syntax.php
+++ b/syntax.php
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
  
 if(!defined('DOKU_INC')) define('DOKU_INC',realpath(dirname(__FILE__).'/../../').'/');
 if(!defined('DOKU_PLUGIN')) define('DOKU_PLUGIN',DOKU_INC.'lib/plugins/');
-require_once(DOKU_PLUGIN.'syntax.php');
  
 /**
  * All DokuWiki plugins to extend the parser/rendering mechanism