diff --git a/mode/clike/clike.js b/mode/clike/clike.js
index ef5b16fc79a1fbab6e49561867d7b673c41294e3..0993ca4c4e03f5e18890256210d37db6ecffb46f 100644
--- a/mode/clike/clike.js
+++ b/mode/clike/clike.js
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ CodeMirror.defineMode("clike", function(config, parserConfig) {
     multiLineStrings: true,
     number: /^(?:0x[a-f\d_]+|0b[01_]+|(?:[\d_]+\.?\d*|\.\d+)(?:e[-+]?[\d_]+)?)(u|ll?|l|f)?/i,
     blockKeywords: words("catch class do else finally for if where try while enum"),
-    defKeywords: words("class val var object package interface fun"),
+    defKeywords: words("class val var object interface fun"),
     atoms: words("true false null this"),
     hooks: {
       '"': function(stream, state) {