diff --git a/lib/ace/mode/d_highlight_rules.js b/lib/ace/mode/d_highlight_rules.js
index b0a0923e..843bcec6 100644
--- a/lib/ace/mode/d_highlight_rules.js
+++ b/lib/ace/mode/d_highlight_rules.js
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ var DHighlightRules = function() {
         "star-comment" : [
             {
                 token : "comment", // closing comment
-                regex : ".*?\\*\\/",
+                regex : "\\*\\/",
                 next : "start"
             }, {
                 defaultToken: 'comment'
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ var DHighlightRules = function() {
         "plus-comment" : [
             {
                 token : "comment", // closing comment
-                regex : ".*?\\+\\/",
+                regex : "\\+\\/",
                 next : "start"
             }, {
                 defaultToken: 'comment'
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ var DHighlightRules = function() {
            stringEscapesSeq,
            {
                 token : "string",
-                regex : '(?:(?:\\\\.)|(?:[^"\\\\]))*?"[cdw]?',
+                regex : '"[cdw]?',
                 next : "start"
             }, {
                 defaultToken: 'string'
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ var DHighlightRules = function() {
            stringEscapesSeq,
            {
                 token : "string",
-                regex : '(?:(?:\\\\.)|(?:[^`\\\\]))*?`[cdw]?',
+                regex : '`[cdw]?',
                 next : "start"
             }, {
                 defaultToken: 'string'
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ var DHighlightRules = function() {
                 onMatch: function(value, currentState, state) {
                     value = value.substring(value.length-2, value.length-1);
                     var map = {'>':'<',']':'[',')':'(','}':'{'};
-                    if(Object.keys(map).indexOf(value) != -1)                
+                    if(Object.keys(map).indexOf(value) != -1)
                         value = map[value];
                     if(value != state[1]) return "string";
                     state.shift();