diff --git a/helix-term/src/ui/editor.rs b/helix-term/src/ui/editor.rs
index 0cdbacfaf59e..51f8c6fb59f3 100644
--- a/helix-term/src/ui/editor.rs
+++ b/helix-term/src/ui/editor.rs
@@ -123,36 +123,35 @@ impl EditorView {
         };
 
         // TODO: range doesn't actually restrict source, just highlight range
-        let highlights: Vec<_> = match doc.syntax() {
-            Some(syntax) => {
-                let scopes = theme.scopes();
-                syntax
-                    .highlight_iter(text.slice(..), Some(range), None, |language| {
-                        loader
-                            .language_config_for_scope(&format!("source.{}", language))
-                            .and_then(|language_config| {
-                                let config = language_config.highlight_config(scopes)?;
-                                let config_ref = {
-                                    let reference = config.as_ref();
+        let highlights: Vec<_> =
+            match doc.syntax() {
+                Some(syntax) => {
+                    let scopes = theme.scopes();
+                    syntax
+                        .highlight_iter(text.slice(..), Some(range), None, |language| {
+                            loader
+                                .language_config_for_scope(&format!("source.{}", language))
+                                .and_then(|language_config| {
+                                    let config = language_config.highlight_config(scopes)?;
+                                    let config_ref = config.as_ref();
                                     // Safe because the referenced `HighglightConfiguration` is behind
                                     // an `Arc` that will never be dropped in this function.
-                                    unsafe {
+                                    let config_ref = unsafe {
                                         std::mem::transmute::<
                                             _,
                                             &'static syntax::HighlightConfiguration,
-                                        >(reference)
-                                    }
-                                };
-                                Some(config_ref)
-                            })
-                    })
-                    .collect() // TODO: we collect here to avoid holding the lock, fix later
-            }
-            None => vec![Ok(HighlightEvent::Source {
-                start: range.start,
-                end: range.end,
-            })],
-        };
+                                        >(config_ref)
+                                    };
+                                    Some(config_ref)
+                                })
+                        })
+                        .collect() // TODO: we collect here to avoid holding the lock, fix later
+                }
+                None => vec![Ok(HighlightEvent::Source {
+                    start: range.start,
+                    end: range.end,
+                })],
+            };
         let mut spans = Vec::new();
         let mut visual_x = 0u16;
         let mut line = 0u16;