diff --git a/lib/ace/mode/c_cpp_highlight_rules.js b/lib/ace/mode/c_cpp_highlight_rules.js
index f2192803..236b7284 100644
--- a/lib/ace/mode/c_cpp_highlight_rules.js
+++ b/lib/ace/mode/c_cpp_highlight_rules.js
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ var c_cppHighlightRules = function() {
                 token : "comment",
                 regex : "\\/\\/.*$"
             },
-            new DocCommentHighlightRules().getStartRule("doc-start"),
+            DocCommentHighlightRules.getStartRule("doc-start"),
             {
                 token : "comment", // multi line comment
                 merge : true,
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ var c_cppHighlightRules = function() {
     };
     
     this.embedRules(DocCommentHighlightRules, "doc-",
-        [ new DocCommentHighlightRules().getEndRule("start") ]);
+        [ DocCommentHighlightRules.getEndRule("start") ]);
 };
 
 oop.inherits(c_cppHighlightRules, TextHighlightRules);
diff --git a/lib/ace/mode/doc_comment_highlight_rules.js b/lib/ace/mode/doc_comment_highlight_rules.js
index 101cfa78..b176ef01 100644
--- a/lib/ace/mode/doc_comment_highlight_rules.js
+++ b/lib/ace/mode/doc_comment_highlight_rules.js
@@ -69,27 +69,24 @@ var DocCommentHighlightRules = function() {
 
 oop.inherits(DocCommentHighlightRules, TextHighlightRules);
 
-(function() {
-
-    this.getStartRule = function(start) {
-        return {
-            token : "comment.doc", // doc comment
-            merge : true,
-            regex : "\\/\\*(?=\\*)",
-            next  : start
-        };
-    };
-    
-    this.getEndRule = function (start) {
-        return {
-            token : "comment.doc", // closing comment
-            merge : true,
-            regex : "\\*\\/",
-            next  : start
-        };
+DocCommentHighlightRules.getStartRule = function(start) {
+    return {
+        token : "comment.doc", // doc comment
+        merge : true,
+        regex : "\\/\\*(?=\\*)",
+        next  : start
     };
+};
+
+DocCommentHighlightRules.getEndRule = function (start) {
+    return {
+        token : "comment.doc", // closing comment
+        merge : true,
+        regex : "\\*\\/",
+        next  : start
+    };
+};
 
-}).call(DocCommentHighlightRules.prototype);
 
 exports.DocCommentHighlightRules = DocCommentHighlightRules;
 
diff --git a/lib/ace/mode/groovy_highlight_rules.js b/lib/ace/mode/groovy_highlight_rules.js
index 6e3802a2..64ed0ab1 100644
--- a/lib/ace/mode/groovy_highlight_rules.js
+++ b/lib/ace/mode/groovy_highlight_rules.js
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ var GroovyHighlightRules = function() {
                 token : "comment",
                 regex : "\\/\\/.*$"
             },
-            new DocCommentHighlightRules().getStartRule("doc-start"),
+            DocCommentHighlightRules.getStartRule("doc-start"),
             {
                 token : "comment", // multi line comment
                 merge : true,
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ var GroovyHighlightRules = function() {
     };
     
     this.embedRules(DocCommentHighlightRules, "doc-",
-        [ new DocCommentHighlightRules().getEndRule("start") ]);
+        [ DocCommentHighlightRules.getEndRule("start") ]);
 };
 
 oop.inherits(GroovyHighlightRules, TextHighlightRules);
diff --git a/lib/ace/mode/haxe_highlight_rules.js b/lib/ace/mode/haxe_highlight_rules.js
index afd76659..5b17c650 100644
--- a/lib/ace/mode/haxe_highlight_rules.js
+++ b/lib/ace/mode/haxe_highlight_rules.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ var HaxeHighlightRules = function() {
                 token : "comment",
                 regex : "\\/\\/.*$"
             },
-            new DocCommentHighlightRules().getStartRule("doc-start"),
+            DocCommentHighlightRules.getStartRule("doc-start"),
             {
                 token : "comment", // multi line comment
                 regex : "\\/\\*",
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ var HaxeHighlightRules = function() {
     };
 
     this.embedRules(DocCommentHighlightRules, "doc-",
-        [ new DocCommentHighlightRules().getEndRule("start") ]);
+        [ DocCommentHighlightRules.getEndRule("start") ]);
 };
 
 oop.inherits(HaxeHighlightRules, TextHighlightRules);
diff --git a/lib/ace/mode/java_highlight_rules.js b/lib/ace/mode/java_highlight_rules.js
index 34aab3bd..77efd672 100644
--- a/lib/ace/mode/java_highlight_rules.js
+++ b/lib/ace/mode/java_highlight_rules.js
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ var JavaHighlightRules = function() {
                 token : "comment",
                 regex : "\\/\\/.*$"
             },
-            new DocCommentHighlightRules().getStartRule("doc-start"),
+            DocCommentHighlightRules.getStartRule("doc-start"),
             {
                 token : "comment", // multi line comment
                 merge : true,
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ var JavaHighlightRules = function() {
     };
     
     this.embedRules(DocCommentHighlightRules, "doc-",
-        [ new DocCommentHighlightRules().getEndRule("start") ]);
+        [ DocCommentHighlightRules.getEndRule("start") ]);
 };
 
 oop.inherits(JavaHighlightRules, TextHighlightRules);
diff --git a/lib/ace/mode/javascript_highlight_rules.js b/lib/ace/mode/javascript_highlight_rules.js
index a375d054..416dc3c4 100644
--- a/lib/ace/mode/javascript_highlight_rules.js
+++ b/lib/ace/mode/javascript_highlight_rules.js
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ var JavaScriptHighlightRules = function() {
                 token : "comment",
                 regex : /\/\/.*$/
             },
-            new DocCommentHighlightRules().getStartRule("doc-start"),
+            DocCommentHighlightRules.getStartRule("doc-start"),
             {
                 token : "comment", // multi line comment
                 merge : true,
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ var JavaScriptHighlightRules = function() {
     };
 
     this.embedRules(DocCommentHighlightRules, "doc-",
-        [ new DocCommentHighlightRules().getEndRule("start") ]);
+        [ DocCommentHighlightRules.getEndRule("start") ]);
 };
 
 oop.inherits(JavaScriptHighlightRules, TextHighlightRules);
diff --git a/lib/ace/mode/pgsql_highlight_rules.js b/lib/ace/mode/pgsql_highlight_rules.js
index c5b6849f..d15c94da 100755
--- a/lib/ace/mode/pgsql_highlight_rules.js
+++ b/lib/ace/mode/pgsql_highlight_rules.js
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ var PgsqlHighlightRules = function() {
                 token : "comment",
                 regex : "--.*$"
             }, 
-            new DocCommentHighlightRules().getStartRule("doc-start"),
+            DocCommentHighlightRules.getStartRule("doc-start"),
             {
                 token : "comment", // multi-line comment
                 merge : true,
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ var PgsqlHighlightRules = function() {
         ]
     };
     
-    this.embedRules(DocCommentHighlightRules, "doc-", [ new DocCommentHighlightRules().getEndRule("start") ]);
+    this.embedRules(DocCommentHighlightRules, "doc-", [ DocCommentHighlightRules.getEndRule("start") ]);
     this.embedRules(PerlHighlightRules, "perl-", [{token : "string", regex : "\\$perl\\$", next : "statement"}]);
     this.embedRules(PythonHighlightRules, "python-", [{token : "string", regex : "\\$python\\$", next : "statement"}]);
 };
diff --git a/lib/ace/mode/php_highlight_rules.js b/lib/ace/mode/php_highlight_rules.js
index d2a76f5c..e25dddc8 100644
--- a/lib/ace/mode/php_highlight_rules.js
+++ b/lib/ace/mode/php_highlight_rules.js
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ var DocCommentHighlightRules = require("./doc_comment_highlight_rules").DocComme
 var TextHighlightRules = require("./text_highlight_rules").TextHighlightRules;
 
 var PhpHighlightRules = function() {
-    var docComment = new DocCommentHighlightRules();
+    var docComment = DocCommentHighlightRules;
     // http://php.net/quickref.php
     var builtinFunctions = lang.arrayToMap(
         ('abs|acos|acosh|addcslashes|addslashes|aggregate|aggregate_info|aggregate_methods|aggregate_methods_by_list|aggregate_methods_by_regexp|' +
@@ -1150,7 +1150,7 @@ var PhpHighlightRules = function() {
     };
 
     this.embedRules(DocCommentHighlightRules, "doc-",
-        [ new DocCommentHighlightRules().getEndRule("start") ]);
+        [ DocCommentHighlightRules.getEndRule("start") ]);
 };
 
 oop.inherits(PhpHighlightRules, TextHighlightRules);
diff --git a/lib/ace/mode/scad_highlight_rules.js b/lib/ace/mode/scad_highlight_rules.js
index 79995250..82234750 100644
--- a/lib/ace/mode/scad_highlight_rules.js
+++ b/lib/ace/mode/scad_highlight_rules.js
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ var scadHighlightRules = function() {
                 token : "comment",
                 regex : "\\/\\/.*$"
             },
-            new DocCommentHighlightRules().getStartRule("start"),
+            DocCommentHighlightRules.getStartRule("start"),
             {
                 token : "comment", // multi line comment
                 merge : true,
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ var scadHighlightRules = function() {
     };
     
     this.embedRules(DocCommentHighlightRules, "doc-",
-        [ new DocCommentHighlightRules().getEndRule("start") ]);
+        [ DocCommentHighlightRules.getEndRule("start") ]);
 };
 
 oop.inherits(scadHighlightRules, TextHighlightRules);
diff --git a/lib/ace/mode/scala_highlight_rules.js b/lib/ace/mode/scala_highlight_rules.js
index 3664d67e..67f8e1b2 100644
--- a/lib/ace/mode/scala_highlight_rules.js
+++ b/lib/ace/mode/scala_highlight_rules.js
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ var ScalaHighlightRules = function() {
                 token : "comment",
                 regex : "\\/\\/.*$"
             },
-            new DocCommentHighlightRules().getStartRule("doc-start"),
+            DocCommentHighlightRules.getStartRule("doc-start"),
             {
                 token : "comment", // multi line comment
                 merge : true,
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ var ScalaHighlightRules = function() {
     };
     
     this.embedRules(DocCommentHighlightRules, "doc-",
-        [ new DocCommentHighlightRules().getEndRule("start") ]);
+        [ DocCommentHighlightRules.getEndRule("start") ]);
 };
 
 oop.inherits(ScalaHighlightRules, TextHighlightRules);