diff --git a/runtime/syntax/r.vim b/runtime/syntax/r.vim
index d96bf96..30a5b23 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/r.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/r.vim
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 " 		      Tom Payne <tom@tompayne.org>
 " Contributor:        Johannes Ranke <jranke@uni-bremen.de>
 " Homepage:           https://github.com/jalvesaq/R-Vim-runtime
-" Last Change:	      Thu Mar 10, 2016  12:26PM
+" Last Change:	      Thu Aug 25, 2016  08:52PM
 " Filenames:	      *.R *.r *.Rhistory *.Rt
 "
 " NOTE: The highlighting of R functions is defined in
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   finish
 endif
 
-setlocal iskeyword=@,48-57,_,.
+syn iskeyword @,48-57,_,.
 
 if exists("g:r_syntax_folding") && g:r_syntax_folding
   setlocal foldmethod=syntax
@@ -174,8 +174,6 @@
 if g:R_hi_fun
   " Nvim-R:
   runtime R/functions.vim
-  " Vim-R-plugin:
-  runtime r-plugin/functions.vim
 endif
 
 syn match rDollar display contained "\$"