diff --git a/lib/ace/mode/ruby_highlight_rules.js b/lib/ace/mode/ruby_highlight_rules.js
index dc4de4a6..b15f7d87 100644
--- a/lib/ace/mode/ruby_highlight_rules.js
+++ b/lib/ace/mode/ruby_highlight_rules.js
@@ -85,15 +85,13 @@ RubyHighlightRules = function() {
 	            regex : '["](?:(?:\\\\.)|(?:[^"\\\\]))*?["]'
 	        }, {
 	            token : "string", // multi line string start
-	            regex : '["].*\\\\$',
-	            next : "qqstring"
+	            regex : '["].*\\\\$'
 	        }, {
 	            token : "string", // single line
 	            regex : "['](?:(?:\\\\.)|(?:[^'\\\\]))*?[']"
 	        }, {
 	            token : "string", // multi line string start
-	            regex : "['].*\\\\$",
-	            next : "qstring"
+	            regex : "['].*\\\\$"
 	        }, {
 	            token : "constant.numeric", // hex
 	            regex : "0[xX][0-9a-fA-F]+\\b"