diff --git a/.changeset/grumpy-panthers-remember.md b/.changeset/grumpy-panthers-remember.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9bdc755a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/grumpy-panthers-remember.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"github-vscode-theme": patch
+---
+
+Remove `punctuation.definition.string`
diff --git a/src/theme.js b/src/theme.js
index 3f9ecc95..4abe4cf6 100644
--- a/src/theme.js
+++ b/src/theme.js
@@ -404,7 +404,6 @@ function getTheme({ theme, name }) {
       {
         scope: [
           "string",
-          "punctuation.definition.string",
           "string punctuation.section.embedded source",
         ],
         settings: {