diff --git a/common/users/cadey/spacemacs/spacemacs b/common/users/cadey/spacemacs/spacemacs
index daceaed..0f5c22c 100644
--- a/common/users/cadey/spacemacs/spacemacs
+++ b/common/users/cadey/spacemacs/spacemacs
@@ -405,10 +405,6 @@ you should place your code here."
     (let ((file (tramp-file-name-localname (tramp-dissect-file-name file))))
       (replace-regexp-in-string (concat "\\`" dir) "" file)))
 
-  ;; json comments
-  (defconst json-mode-comments-re (rx (group "//" (zero-or-more nonl) line-end)))
-  (push (list json-mode-comments-re 1 font-lock-comment-face) json-font-lock-keywords-1)
-
   (ido-mode -1)
 
   ;; paths