diff --git a/runtime/syntax/c.vim b/runtime/syntax/c.vim
index 2a14ae0..79c12ab 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/c.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/c.vim
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 " Vim syntax file
 " Language:	C
 " Maintainer:	Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
-" Last Change:	2019 Apr 23
+" Last Change:	2019 Nov 29
 
 " Quit when a (custom) syntax file was already loaded
 if exists("b:current_syntax")
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
     syn match	cParenError	display ")"
     syn match	cErrInParen	display contained "^^<%\|^%>"
   else
-    syn region	cParen		transparent start='(' end=')' end='}'me=s-1 contains=ALLBUT,cBlock,@cParenGroup,cCppParen,@cStringGroup,@Spell
+    syn region	cParen		transparent start='(' end=')' contains=ALLBUT,cBlock,@cParenGroup,cCppParen,@cStringGroup,@Spell
     " cCppParen: same as cParen but ends at end-of-line; used in cDefine
     syn region	cCppParen	transparent start='(' skip='\\$' excludenl end=')' end='$' contained contains=ALLBUT,@cParenGroup,cParen,cString,@Spell
     syn match	cParenError	display ")"