diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f89b553..5119c15 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 - Fix a bug in `clojure-ts-add-arity` when body has more than one expression.
 - [#120](https://github.com/clojure-emacs/clojure-ts-mode/issues/120): Fix a bug when symbols with metadata were not listed in imenu.
 - [#124](https://github.com/clojure-emacs/clojure-ts-mode/issues/124): Correctly indent lists that start with a keyword when using the `fixed` indentation style.
+- [#127](https://github.com/clojure-emacs/clojure-ts-mode/issues/127): Fix performance issue for some valid Clojure expressions.
 
 ## 0.5.1 (2025-06-17)
 
diff --git a/clojure-ts-mode.el b/clojure-ts-mode.el
index 2dd73ad..31d84b7 100644
--- a/clojure-ts-mode.el
+++ b/clojure-ts-mode.el
@@ -535,8 +535,7 @@ captured including quotes."
       ((list_lit :anchor [(comment) (meta_lit) (old_meta_lit)] :*
                  :anchor (sym_lit) @_def_symbol
                  (list_lit :anchor (sym_lit) (vec_lit) :*
-                           (str_lit (str_content) ,capture-symbol) ,quotes-symbol)
-                 :*)
+                           (str_lit (str_content) ,capture-symbol) ,quotes-symbol))
        (:match ,clojure-ts--interface-def-symbol-regexp @_def_symbol)))))
 
 (defconst clojure-ts--match-docstring-query