diff --git a/tree-sitter-highlight.el b/tree-sitter-highlight.el
index b4cda5ef..6b2e7128 100644
--- a/tree-sitter-highlight.el
+++ b/tree-sitter-highlight.el
@@ -231,10 +231,9 @@ to faces.  Each function takes no arguments."
                           tree-sitter-highlight--injections-query
                           #'ts-node-text
                           (lambda (start end)
-                            (put-text-property (ts-byte-to-position start)
-                                               (ts-byte-to-position end)
-                                               'face
-                                               nil))
+                            (remove-text-properties (ts-byte-to-position start)
+                                                    (ts-byte-to-position end)
+                                                    '(face nil)))
                           (lambda (language)
                             (car (tree-sitter-highlight--get-injection (intern language))))
                           (lambda (language)