diff --git a/packages/svelte-vscode/syntaxes/svelte.tmLanguage.json b/packages/svelte-vscode/syntaxes/svelte.tmLanguage.json
index 6cc194480..2ba58380e 100644
--- a/packages/svelte-vscode/syntaxes/svelte.tmLanguage.json
+++ b/packages/svelte-vscode/syntaxes/svelte.tmLanguage.json
@@ -790,7 +790,7 @@
             ]
         },
         "tag-moustaches": {
-            "begin": "\\b([a-zA-Z\\-_:]+)=(\"|')(?=.*{)",
+            "begin": "\\b([a-zA-Z\\-_:]+)=(\"|')",
             "beginCaptures": {
                 "1": {
                     "name": "entity.other.attribute-name.html"