diff --git a/runtime/queries/cpon/highlights.scm b/runtime/queries/cpon/highlights.scm
index f85caf469..039284e70 100644
--- a/runtime/queries/cpon/highlights.scm
+++ b/runtime/queries/cpon/highlights.scm
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 
 (string) @string
 (escape_sequence) @constant.character.escape
-(ERROR) @error
 
 "," @punctuation.delimiter
 [
diff --git a/runtime/queries/cylc/highlights.scm b/runtime/queries/cylc/highlights.scm
index e9e1194f1..d28753c4e 100644
--- a/runtime/queries/cylc/highlights.scm
+++ b/runtime/queries/cylc/highlights.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-(ERROR) @markup.bold
-
 [
   (jinja2_expression)
   (jinja2_statement)
diff --git a/runtime/queries/dart/highlights.scm b/runtime/queries/dart/highlights.scm
index dab584962..c93bf3944 100644
--- a/runtime/queries/dart/highlights.scm
+++ b/runtime/queries/dart/highlights.scm
@@ -233,7 +233,3 @@
 ; when used as an identifier:
 ((identifier) @variable.builtin
  (#match? @variable.builtin "^(abstract|as|base|covariant|deferred|dynamic|export|external|factory|Function|get|implements|import|interface|library|operator|mixin|part|sealed|set|static|typedef)$"))
-
-; Error
-(ERROR) @error
-
diff --git a/runtime/queries/dot/highlights.scm b/runtime/queries/dot/highlights.scm
index eefb81f9c..fb67cfaf6 100644
--- a/runtime/queries/dot/highlights.scm
+++ b/runtime/queries/dot/highlights.scm
@@ -38,6 +38,3 @@
 (comment) @comment
 
 (preproc) @keyword.directive
-
-(ERROR) @error
-
diff --git a/runtime/queries/fish/highlights.scm b/runtime/queries/fish/highlights.scm
index b5668e7b0..225d27962 100644
--- a/runtime/queries/fish/highlights.scm
+++ b/runtime/queries/fish/highlights.scm
@@ -153,7 +153,3 @@
 
 ((word) @constant.builtin.boolean
 (#match? @constant.builtin.boolean "^(true|false)$"))
-
-;; Error
-
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/runtime/queries/godot-resource/highlights.scm b/runtime/queries/godot-resource/highlights.scm
index d8a69f655..f6bae6691 100644
--- a/runtime/queries/godot-resource/highlights.scm
+++ b/runtime/queries/godot-resource/highlights.scm
@@ -25,5 +25,4 @@
 
 "=" @operator
 
-(ERROR) @error
 (comment) @comment
diff --git a/runtime/queries/gotmpl/highlights.scm b/runtime/queries/gotmpl/highlights.scm
index 5921d161d..2f47f4bdc 100644
--- a/runtime/queries/gotmpl/highlights.scm
+++ b/runtime/queries/gotmpl/highlights.scm
@@ -73,4 +73,3 @@
 (nil) @constant.builtin
 
 (comment) @comment
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/runtime/queries/hcl/highlights.scm b/runtime/queries/hcl/highlights.scm
index 7e6e6cf74..ffeb79a58 100644
--- a/runtime/queries/hcl/highlights.scm
+++ b/runtime/queries/hcl/highlights.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-(ERROR) @error
-
 [ 
   "if"
   "else"
diff --git a/runtime/queries/json/highlights.scm b/runtime/queries/json/highlights.scm
index 17bb5f75b..69005074d 100644
--- a/runtime/queries/json/highlights.scm
+++ b/runtime/queries/json/highlights.scm
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 
 (string) @string
 (escape_sequence) @constant.character.escape
-(ERROR) @error
 
 "," @punctuation.delimiter
 [
diff --git a/runtime/queries/latex/highlights.scm b/runtime/queries/latex/highlights.scm
index 3174d80b9..34745d815 100644
--- a/runtime/queries/latex/highlights.scm
+++ b/runtime/queries/latex/highlights.scm
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 ;; General syntax
-(ERROR) @error
-
 (command_name) @function
 (caption
   command: _ @function)
diff --git a/runtime/queries/lean/highlights.scm b/runtime/queries/lean/highlights.scm
index 43e3a62e1..648507f73 100644
--- a/runtime/queries/lean/highlights.scm
+++ b/runtime/queries/lean/highlights.scm
@@ -214,6 +214,3 @@
 ["|" "," "." ":" ";"] @punctuation.delimiter
 
 (sorry) @error
-
-;; Error
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/runtime/queries/llvm-mir/highlights.scm b/runtime/queries/llvm-mir/highlights.scm
index 743b9690b..4f59431b5 100644
--- a/runtime/queries/llvm-mir/highlights.scm
+++ b/runtime/queries/llvm-mir/highlights.scm
@@ -142,5 +142,3 @@
   (instruction_flag)
   (float_keyword)
 ] @keyword
-
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/runtime/queries/llvm/highlights.scm b/runtime/queries/llvm/highlights.scm
index 4de2a1655..dea5b0ab8 100644
--- a/runtime/queries/llvm/highlights.scm
+++ b/runtime/queries/llvm/highlights.scm
@@ -156,5 +156,3 @@
   "none"
   "zeroinitializer"
 ] @constant.builtin
-
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/runtime/queries/lua/highlights.scm b/runtime/queries/lua/highlights.scm
index 4fedcd571..2e7d2bac3 100644
--- a/runtime/queries/lua/highlights.scm
+++ b/runtime/queries/lua/highlights.scm
@@ -219,6 +219,3 @@
 
 ;; Property
 (dot_index_expression field: (identifier) @variable.other.member)
-
-;; Error
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/runtime/queries/mojo/highlights.scm b/runtime/queries/mojo/highlights.scm
index 4ad3500de..d6de0a92a 100644
--- a/runtime/queries/mojo/highlights.scm
+++ b/runtime/queries/mojo/highlights.scm
@@ -247,5 +247,3 @@
 ((identifier) @type.builtin
   (#match? @type.builtin
     "^(BaseException|Exception|ArithmeticError|BufferError|LookupError|AssertionError|AttributeError|EOFError|FloatingPointError|GeneratorExit|ImportError|ModuleNotFoundError|IndexError|KeyError|KeyboardInterrupt|MemoryError|NameError|NotImplementedError|OSError|OverflowError|RecursionError|ReferenceError|RuntimeError|StopIteration|StopAsyncIteration|SyntaxError|IndentationError|TabError|SystemError|SystemExit|TypeError|UnboundLocalError|UnicodeError|UnicodeEncodeError|UnicodeDecodeError|UnicodeTranslateError|ValueError|ZeroDivisionError|EnvironmentError|IOError|WindowsError|BlockingIOError|ChildProcessError|ConnectionError|BrokenPipeError|ConnectionAbortedError|ConnectionRefusedError|ConnectionResetError|FileExistsError|FileNotFoundError|InterruptedError|IsADirectoryError|NotADirectoryError|PermissionError|ProcessLookupError|TimeoutError|Warning|UserWarning|DeprecationWarning|PendingDeprecationWarning|SyntaxWarning|RuntimeWarning|FutureWarning|ImportWarning|UnicodeWarning|BytesWarning|ResourceWarning)$"))
-
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/runtime/queries/po/highlights.scm b/runtime/queries/po/highlights.scm
index b090f129d..56874427f 100644
--- a/runtime/queries/po/highlights.scm
+++ b/runtime/queries/po/highlights.scm
@@ -11,5 +11,3 @@
 
 (number) @constant.numeric
 (string) @string
-
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/runtime/queries/python/highlights.scm b/runtime/queries/python/highlights.scm
index 0786eba68..e9e81aae6 100644
--- a/runtime/queries/python/highlights.scm
+++ b/runtime/queries/python/highlights.scm
@@ -229,5 +229,3 @@
 
 (class_definition name: (identifier) @type)
 (class_definition superclasses: (argument_list (identifier) @type))
-
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/runtime/queries/r/highlights.scm b/runtime/queries/r/highlights.scm
index 34d70bd89..29526bcfe 100644
--- a/runtime/queries/r/highlights.scm
+++ b/runtime/queries/r/highlights.scm
@@ -122,6 +122,3 @@
 
 (namespace_get function: (identifier) @function.method)
 (namespace_get_internal function: (identifier) @function.method)
-
-; Error
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/runtime/queries/regex/highlights.scm b/runtime/queries/regex/highlights.scm
index 302cc6b31..0e81a3e74 100644
--- a/runtime/queries/regex/highlights.scm
+++ b/runtime/queries/regex/highlights.scm
@@ -50,4 +50,3 @@
   ])
 
 (class_character) @constant.character
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/runtime/queries/rescript/highlights.scm b/runtime/queries/rescript/highlights.scm
index cfb8a3515..8decebb44 100644
--- a/runtime/queries/rescript/highlights.scm
+++ b/runtime/queries/rescript/highlights.scm
@@ -219,8 +219,3 @@
 (jsx_self_closing_element ["/" ">" "<"] @punctuation.special)
 (jsx_fragment [">" "<" "/"] @punctuation.special)
 (jsx_attribute (property_identifier) @attribute)
-
-; Error
-;----------
-
-(ERROR) @keyword.control.exception
diff --git a/runtime/queries/tablegen/highlights.scm b/runtime/queries/tablegen/highlights.scm
index 188fa2ef0..0b7aaa20f 100644
--- a/runtime/queries/tablegen/highlights.scm
+++ b/runtime/queries/tablegen/highlights.scm
@@ -88,5 +88,3 @@
   "multiclass"
   "defm"
 ] @namespace
-
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/runtime/queries/ungrammar/highlights.scm b/runtime/queries/ungrammar/highlights.scm
index cffbdbfdb..90514a0c5 100644
--- a/runtime/queries/ungrammar/highlights.scm
+++ b/runtime/queries/ungrammar/highlights.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-(ERROR) @error
-
 (line_comment) @comment
 
 (identifier) @variable
diff --git a/runtime/queries/uxntal/highlights.scm b/runtime/queries/uxntal/highlights.scm
index a6ff18528..25579bb31 100644
--- a/runtime/queries/uxntal/highlights.scm
+++ b/runtime/queries/uxntal/highlights.scm
@@ -11,5 +11,4 @@
 (relative_pad) @constant
 (label) @label
 (sub_label) @label
-(ERROR) @error
 ["[" "]" "{" "}"] @punctuation.bracket
diff --git a/runtime/queries/verilog/highlights.scm b/runtime/queries/verilog/highlights.scm
index a194ac33b..de65cab07 100644
--- a/runtime/queries/verilog/highlights.scm
+++ b/runtime/queries/verilog/highlights.scm
@@ -307,5 +307,3 @@
   "("
   ")"
 ] @punctuation.bracket
-
-(ERROR) @error
diff --git a/runtime/queries/yaml/highlights.scm b/runtime/queries/yaml/highlights.scm
index 6d58e4459..3c39cf1e6 100644
--- a/runtime/queries/yaml/highlights.scm
+++ b/runtime/queries/yaml/highlights.scm
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 (alias_name) @type
 (tag) @type
 (yaml_directive) @keyword
-(ERROR) @error
 
 (block_mapping_pair
   key: (flow_node [(double_quote_scalar) (single_quote_scalar)] @variable.other.member))
diff --git a/runtime/queries/yuck/highlights.scm b/runtime/queries/yuck/highlights.scm
index 74d04fcac..35eee4ea6 100644
--- a/runtime/queries/yuck/highlights.scm
+++ b/runtime/queries/yuck/highlights.scm
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 (ident) @variable
 (index) @variable
 
-; Errors
-
-(ERROR) @error
-
 ; Comments
 
 (comment) @comment