diff --git a/.bashrc b/.bashrc
index 9eb6cbd..095aa88 100644
--- a/.bashrc
+++ b/.bashrc
@@ -166,17 +166,8 @@ _sensible.bash_() {
   # export documents="$HOME/Documents"
   # export dropbox="$HOME/Dropbox"
 }
-syntax_highlighting() {
-  export LESS='-R'
-  export BASH_PREEXEC_HOOKS=()
-  _syntax_highlighting() {
-    source-highlight -i $1 -o $1.html
-    less -R $1.html
-  }
 
-}
 _init() {
-  syntax_highlighting
   # make less more friendly for non-text input files, see lesspipe(1)
   [ -x /usr/bin/lesspipe ] && eval "$(SHELL=/bin/sh lesspipe)"