diff --git a/src/languages/scala.js b/src/languages/scala.js
index 9227fa5ae9..61b61b8368 100644
--- a/src/languages/scala.js
+++ b/src/languages/scala.js
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ function(hljs) {
 
   var METHOD = {
     className: 'function',
-    beginKeywords: 'def val',
+    beginKeywords: 'def',
     end: /[:={\[(\n;]/,
     contains: [NAME]
   };