diff --git a/snakemake.xml b/snakemake.xml
index 2b0c7550b818144c2c7f6092c53e97c62fb2f1b3..f0e32256cf67340b1c76a74f87bfbf1b5a194e5c 100644
--- a/snakemake.xml
+++ b/snakemake.xml
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@
       <!-- Python block context -->
       <context name="Python" attribute="Normal Text">
         <IncludeRules context="PythonInline"/>
-        <IncludeRules context="StringVariants"/>
       </context>
       <!-- Python function definition contexts -->
       <context name="PythonFunctionDef" attribute="Normal Text" lineEndContext="#stay">
@@ -210,7 +209,6 @@
         <DetectChar attribute="String" char="&quot;" context="DoubleQuoteString"/>
         <DetectChar attribute="String" char="'" context="SingleQuoteString"/>
         <DetectChar attribute="Normal Text" char="[" context="DictAccess"/>
-        <IncludeRules context="StringVariants"/>
       </context>
       <context name="EscapeAndInterpolation" attribute="Normal Text">
         <RegExpr attribute="EscapeCharacter" String="\\." context="#stay"/>