diff --git a/src/etc/vim/syntax/rust.vim b/src/etc/vim/syntax/rust.vim
index 87f4059716b3..380b0f505c15 100644
--- a/src/etc/vim/syntax/rust.vim
+++ b/src/etc/vim/syntax/rust.vim
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ syn match     rustFloat       display "\<[0-9][0-9_]*\.[0-9_]\+\%([eE][+-]\=[0-9
 syn match     rustLifetime    display "\'\%([^[:cntrl:][:space:][:punct:][:digit:]]\|_\)\%([^[:cntrl:][:punct:][:space:]]\|_\)*"
 syn match   rustCharacter   "'\([^'\\]\|\\\(['nrt\\\"]\|x\x\{2}\|u\x\{4}\|U\x\{8}\)\)'"
 
-syn region    rustComment     start="/\*" end="\*/" contains=rustComment,rustTodo
+syn region    rustComment     start="/\*" end="\*/" contains=rustTodo
 syn region    rustComment     start="//" skip="\\$" end="$" contains=rustTodo keepend
 
 syn keyword rustTodo contained TODO FIXME XXX NB