diff --git a/languages.toml b/languages.toml
index 9066acd1..32fc1516 100644
--- a/languages.toml
+++ b/languages.toml
@@ -1648,8 +1648,7 @@ scope = "source.svelte"
 injection-regex = "svelte"
 file-types = ["svelte"]
 indent = { tab-width = 2, unit = "  " }
-comment-token = "//"
-block-comment-tokens = { start = "/*", end = "*/" }
+block-comment-tokens = { start = "<!--", end = "-->" }
 language-servers = [ "svelteserver" ]
 
 [[grammar]]