diff --git a/.vim/vimrc b/.vim/vimrc
index e415774..dffe659 100644
--- a/.vim/vimrc
+++ b/.vim/vimrc
@@ -1249,8 +1249,8 @@ hi SpellBad guisp=red gui=undercurl guifg=NONE guibg=NONE ctermfg=NONE ctermbg=N
 hi SpellCap guisp=yellow gui=undercurl guifg=NONE guibg=NONE ctermfg=NONE ctermbg=NONE term=underline cterm=undercurl ctermul=yellow
 
 " compensate for lack of theme italics
-for s in ["Comment", "Constant", "Include", "Define", "Macro", "Delimiter", "Debug", "Identifier", "Boolean", "markdownItalic"]
-    execute "hi " s " cterm=italic"
+for s in ['Comment', 'markdownItalic', 'Boolean']
+  execute 'hi ' s ' cterm=italic'
 endfor
 
 " vimtex highlight groups