diff --git a/php-mode.el b/php-mode.el
index b95241b6..fc558ce6 100644
--- a/php-mode.el
+++ b/php-mode.el
@@ -576,7 +576,6 @@ PHP does not have an \"enum\"-like keyword."
     "iterable"
     "as"
     "break"
-    "catch all"
     "catch"
     "clone"
     "default"
@@ -1583,12 +1582,6 @@ a completion list."
    ;;   already fontified by another pattern. Note that using OVERRIDE
    ;;   is usually overkill.
    `(
-     ;; Highlight variables, e.g. 'var' in '$var' and '$obj->var', but
-     ;; not in $obj->var()
-     ("->\\(\\sw+\\)\\s-*(" 1 'php-method-call)
-
-     ("\\(\\$\\|->\\)\\([a-zA-Z0-9_]+\\)" 2 'php-property-name)
-
      ;; Highlight all upper-cased symbols as constant
      ("\\<\\([A-Z_][A-Z0-9_]+\\)\\>" 1 'php-constant)