diff --git a/thrift.el b/thrift.el
index 988aa19..736b720 100644
--- a/thrift.el
+++ b/thrift.el
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 (defconst thrift-font-lock-keywords
   (list
    '("#.*$" . font-lock-comment-face)  ;; perl style comments
-   '("\\<\\(include\\|struct\\|exception\\|typedef\\|php_namespace\\|perl_package\\|const\\|enum\\|service\\|extends\\|void\\|async\\|throws\\|optional\\|required\\)\\>" . font-lock-keyword-face)  ;; keywords
+   '("\\<\\(include\\|struct\\|exception\\|typedef\\|php_namespace\\|const\\|enum\\|service\\|extends\\|void\\|async\\|throws\\|optional\\|required\\)\\>" . font-lock-keyword-face)  ;; keywords
    '("\\<\\(bool\\|byte\\|i16\\|i32\\|i64\\|double\\|string\\|binary\\|map\\|list\\|set\\)\\>" . font-lock-type-face)  ;; built-in types
    '("\\<\\([0-9]+\\)\\>" . font-lock-variable-name-face)   ;; ordinals
    '("\\<\\(\\w+\\)\\s-*(" (1 font-lock-function-name-face))  ;; functions