diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3030ec50..945d2b0a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2008-06-29  Tim Pope  <vim@tpope.info>
+
+	* syntax/ruby.vim: revert highlighting of - as number
+
 2008-06-29  Tim Pope  <vim@tpope.info>
 
 	* indent/eruby.vim: fix quirk in optional argument handling
diff --git a/syntax/ruby.vim b/syntax/ruby.vim
index b23ab5fd..a5a118e4 100644
--- a/syntax/ruby.vim
+++ b/syntax/ruby.vim
@@ -82,12 +82,12 @@ syn cluster rubyRegexpSpecial		contains=rubyInterpolation,rubyNoInterpolation,ru
 
 " Numbers and ASCII Codes
 syn match rubyASCIICode	"\%(\w\|[]})\"'/]\)\@<!\%(?\%(\\M-\\C-\|\\C-\\M-\|\\M-\\c\|\\c\\M-\|\\c\|\\C-\|\\M-\)\=\%(\\\o\{1,3}\|\\x\x\{1,2}\|\\\=\S\)\)"
-syn match rubyInteger	"\%(\%(\w\|[]})\"']\s*\)\@<!-\)\=\<0[xX]\x\+\%(_\x\+\)*\>"								display
-syn match rubyInteger	"\%(\%(\w\|[]})\"']\s*\)\@<!-\)\=\<\%(0[dD]\)\=\%(0\|[1-9]\d*\%(_\d\+\)*\)\>"						display
-syn match rubyInteger	"\%(\%(\w\|[]})\"']\s*\)\@<!-\)\=\<0[oO]\=\o\+\%(_\o\+\)*\>"								display
-syn match rubyInteger	"\%(\%(\w\|[]})\"']\s*\)\@<!-\)\=\<0[bB][01]\+\%(_[01]\+\)*\>"								display
-syn match rubyFloat	"\%(\%(\w\|[]})\"']\s*\)\@<!-\)\=\<\%(0\|[1-9]\d*\%(_\d\+\)*\)\.\d\+\%(_\d\+\)*\>"					display
-syn match rubyFloat	"\%(\%(\w\|[]})\"']\s*\)\@<!-\)\=\<\%(0\|[1-9]\d*\%(_\d\+\)*\)\%(\.\d\+\%(_\d\+\)*\)\=\%([eE][-+]\=\d\+\%(_\d\+\)*\)\>"	display
+syn match rubyInteger	"\<0[xX]\x\+\%(_\x\+\)*\>"								display
+syn match rubyInteger	"\<\%(0[dD]\)\=\%(0\|[1-9]\d*\%(_\d\+\)*\)\>"						display
+syn match rubyInteger	"\<0[oO]\=\o\+\%(_\o\+\)*\>"								display
+syn match rubyInteger	"\<0[bB][01]\+\%(_[01]\+\)*\>"								display
+syn match rubyFloat	"\<\%(0\|[1-9]\d*\%(_\d\+\)*\)\.\d\+\%(_\d\+\)*\>"					display
+syn match rubyFloat	"\<\%(0\|[1-9]\d*\%(_\d\+\)*\)\%(\.\d\+\%(_\d\+\)*\)\=\%([eE][-+]\=\d\+\%(_\d\+\)*\)\>"	display
 
 " Identifiers
 syn match rubyLocalVariableOrMethod "\<[_[:lower:]][_[:alnum:]]*[?!=]\=" contains=NONE display transparent