diff --git a/syntaxes/scheme.tmLanguage.yaml b/syntaxes/scheme.tmLanguage.yaml
index 32bb30b..56be655 100644
--- a/syntaxes/scheme.tmLanguage.yaml
+++ b/syntaxes/scheme.tmLanguage.yaml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ repository:
       - match: (?<=[\(\s])((#e|#i)?[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?|(#x)[0-9a-fA-F]+|(#o)[0-7]+|(#b)[01]+)(?=[\s;()'",\[\]])
         name: constant.numeric.scheme
   illegal:
-    match: '[()\[\]]'
+    match: '[()]'
     name: invalid.illegal.parenthesis.scheme
   language-functions:
     patterns: