diff --git a/lib/ace/mode/xml_highlight_rules.js b/lib/ace/mode/xml_highlight_rules.js
index 15be383b..752844c7 100644
--- a/lib/ace/mode/xml_highlight_rules.js
+++ b/lib/ace/mode/xml_highlight_rules.js
@@ -66,9 +66,6 @@ var XmlHighlightRules = function() {
             token : "meta.tag", // opening tag
             regex : "<\\/?",
             next : "tag"
-        }, {
-            token : "entity",
-            regex : "&.*;"
         }, {
             token : "text",
             regex : "\\s+"