diff --git a/lua/lazyvim/plugins/editor.lua b/lua/lazyvim/plugins/editor.lua
index 37bcc9cb..a81ae35e 100644
--- a/lua/lazyvim/plugins/editor.lua
+++ b/lua/lazyvim/plugins/editor.lua
@@ -382,46 +382,6 @@ return {
     },
   },
 
-  -- Automatically highlights other instances of the word under your cursor.
-  -- This works with LSP, Treesitter, and regexp matching to find the other
-  -- instances.
-  {
-    "RRethy/vim-illuminate",
-    event = "LazyFile",
-    opts = {
-      delay = 200,
-      large_file_cutoff = 2000,
-      large_file_overrides = {
-        providers = { "lsp" },
-      },
-    },
-    config = function(_, opts)
-      require("illuminate").configure(opts)
-
-      local function map(key, dir, buffer)
-        vim.keymap.set("n", key, function()
-          require("illuminate")["goto_" .. dir .. "_reference"](false)
-        end, { desc = dir:sub(1, 1):upper() .. dir:sub(2) .. " Reference", buffer = buffer })
-      end
-
-      map("]]", "next")
-      map("[[", "prev")
-
-      -- also set it after loading ftplugins, since a lot overwrite [[ and ]]
-      vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("FileType", {
-        callback = function()
-          local buffer = vim.api.nvim_get_current_buf()
-          map("]]", "next", buffer)
-          map("[[", "prev", buffer)
-        end,
-      })
-    end,
-    keys = {
-      { "]]", desc = "Next Reference" },
-      { "[[", desc = "Prev Reference" },
-    },
-  },
-
   -- buffer remove
   {
     "echasnovski/mini.bufremove",