diff --git a/lua/lazyvim/plugins/extras/lang/tex.lua b/lua/lazyvim/plugins/extras/lang/tex.lua
index 2f7b6017..53f881e8 100644
--- a/lua/lazyvim/plugins/extras/lang/tex.lua
+++ b/lua/lazyvim/plugins/extras/lang/tex.lua
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ return {
       if
         vim.fn.argc() > 0 and vim.fn.isdirectory(vim.fn.argv(0) --[[@as string]]) ~= 1
       then
-        vim.g.treesitter_disable_highlight = { "latex" }
+        vim.g.treesitter_syntax_legacy = { "latex" }
       end
     end,
     opts = function(_, opts)
diff --git a/lua/lazyvim/util/plugin.lua b/lua/lazyvim/util/plugin.lua
index b84d4590..0f516442 100644
--- a/lua/lazyvim/util/plugin.lua
+++ b/lua/lazyvim/util/plugin.lua
@@ -86,12 +86,12 @@ function M.lazy_file()
       if ft then
         -- Add treesitter highlights and fallback to syntax
         local lang = vim.treesitter.language.get_lang(ft)
-        if vim.tbl_contains(vim.g.treesitter_disable_highlight or {}, lang) then
-          lang = nil
-        end
         if not (lang and pcall(vim.treesitter.start, event.buf, lang)) then
           vim.bo[event.buf].syntax = ft
         end
+        if vim.tbl_contains(vim.g.treesitter_syntax_legacy or {}, lang) then
+          vim.bo[event.buf].syntax = ft
+        end
 
         -- Trigger early redraw
         vim.cmd([[redraw]])