diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 054faf07e..e5b4cca86 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-07-09  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
+
+	* syntax/c.syntax: Don't treat #define separately from other
+	preprocessor directives.
+
 2002-07-08  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
 
 	* syntax/perl.syntax: Highlight text after __END__ as a comment.
diff --git a/syntax/c.syntax b/syntax/c.syntax
index ef71a5869..e93bdf9d6 100644
--- a/syntax/c.syntax
+++ b/syntax/c.syntax
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ context default
     keyword , brightcyan/14
     keyword : brightcyan/14
     keyword ; brightmagenta/19
-    keyword #define\[\t\s\]\[ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz_0123456789\]\[\t\s\]0x\[0123456789abcdefABCDEF\] brightred/18
 context exclusive /\* \*/ brown/22
     spellcheck
 context // \n brown/22