diff --git a/lib/ace/mode/lsl_highlight_rules.js b/lib/ace/mode/lsl_highlight_rules.js
index 45ac1696..5de4d017 100644
--- a/lib/ace/mode/lsl_highlight_rules.js
+++ b/lib/ace/mode/lsl_highlight_rules.js
@@ -69,15 +69,10 @@ function LSLHighlightRules() {
                 token : "string.quoted.double.lsl",
                 start : '"',
                 end : '"',
-                next : [
-                    {
-                        token : "constant.language.escape.lsl",
-                        regex : /\\[tn"\\]/
-                    }, {
-                        token : "invalid.illegal.constant.character.escape.lsl",
-                        regex : "\\."
-                    }
-                ]
+                next : [{
+                    token : "constant.character.escape.lsl",
+                    regex : /\\[tn"\\]/
+                }]
             }, {
                 token : "constant.numeric.lsl",
                 regex : "(0[xX][0-9a-fA-F]+|[+-]?[0-9]+(?:(?:\\.[0-9]*)?(?:[eE][+-]?[0-9]+)?)?)\\b"