diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/c-ts-mode.el b/lisp/progmodes/c-ts-mode.el
index 8d18c23da9d..bb0db0e1e73 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/c-ts-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/c-ts-mode.el
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ the subtrees."
   (setq-local treesit-font-lock-feature-list
               '((comment preprocessor operator constant string literal keyword)
                 (type definition expression statement)
-                (error))))
+                ())))
 
 ;;;###autoload
 (define-derived-mode c-ts-mode c-ts-mode--base-mode "C"