diff --git a/legacy/edje/data/vim/syntax/embryo.vim b/legacy/edje/data/vim/syntax/embryo.vim
index b1a4060393..11175d893f 100644
--- a/legacy/edje/data/vim/syntax/embryo.vim
+++ b/legacy/edje/data/vim/syntax/embryo.vim
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ else
   syn match	embryoErrInBracket	display contained "[);{}]"
 endif
 
-syn region embryoBrace start='{' end='}' transparent keepend
+syn region embryoBrace start='{' end='}' transparent
 "integer number, or floating point number without a dot and with "f".
 syn case ignore
 syn match	embryoNumbers	display transparent "\<\d\|\.\d" contains=embryoNumber,embryoFloat,embryoOctalError,embryoOctal