diff --git a/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh b/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh
index 905672f..227cf8e 100644
--- a/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh
+++ b/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh
@@ -200,11 +200,11 @@ _zsh_highlight_bind_widgets()
 
   # Override ZLE widgets to make them invoke _zsh_highlight.
   local cur_widget
-  for cur_widget in ${${(f)"$(builtin zle -la)"}:#(.*|_*|orig-*|run-help|which-command|beep|set-local-history|yank)}; do
+  for cur_widget in ${${(f)"$(builtin zle -la)"}:#(.*|orig-*|run-help|which-command|beep|set-local-history|yank)}; do
     case $widgets[$cur_widget] in
 
       # Already rebound event: do nothing.
-      user:$cur_widget|user:_zsh_highlight_widget_*);;
+      user:_zsh_highlight_widget_*);;
 
       # User defined widget: override and rebind old one with prefix "orig-".
       user:*) eval "zle -N orig-$cur_widget ${widgets[$cur_widget]#*:}; \