diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5992723278fc2e10c501a3165d3509a1754294b3..aff66abbe8f0754d70e2e90dfde67d0cfc07609d 100755
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -119,21 +119,6 @@             "",
             "",
             ""
           ]
-        },
-        "tailwindCSS.lint.unknownVariant": {
-          "type": "string",
-          "enum": [
-            "ignore",
-            "warning",
-            "error"
-          ],
-          "default": "error",
-          "markdownDescription": "",
-          "markdownEnumDescriptions": [
-            "",
-            "",
-            ""
-          ]
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/src/lsp/providers/diagnosticsProvider.ts b/src/lsp/providers/diagnosticsProvider.ts
index bf87c9fc7a7d2cccd86fb8276845244f8baa3580..ccb74ac3679f2b12d75004c46c408c28d4ecb923 100644
--- a/src/lsp/providers/diagnosticsProvider.ts
+++ b/src/lsp/providers/diagnosticsProvider.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@   indexToPosition,
 } from '../util/find'
 import { getClassNameMeta } from '../util/getClassNameMeta'
 import { getClassNameDecls } from '../util/getClassNameDecls'
-import { equal, flatten } from '../../util/array'
+import { equal } from '../../util/array'
 import { getDocumentSettings } from '../util/getDocumentSettings'
 const dlv = require('dlv')
 
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
   return diagnostics
 }
 
-function getUnknownScreenDiagnostics(
+function getScreenDirectiveDiagnostics(
   state: State,
   document: TextDocument,
   settings: Settings
@@ -170,53 +170,6 @@     })
     .filter(Boolean)
 }
 
-function getUnknownVariantDiagnostics(
-  state: State,
-  document: TextDocument,
-  settings: Settings
-): Diagnostic[] {
-  let severity = settings.lint.unknownVariant
-  if (severity === 'ignore') return []
-
-  let text = document.getText()
-  let matches = findAll(/(?:\s|^)@variants\s+(?<variants>[^{]+)/g, text)
-
-  return flatten(
-    matches
-      .map((match) => {
-        let diagnostics: Diagnostic[] = []
-        let variants = match.groups.variants.split(/(\s*,\s*)/)
-        let listStartIndex =
-          match.index + match[0].length - match.groups.variants.length
-
-        for (let i = 0; i < variants.length; i += 2) {
-          let variant = variants[i].trim()
-          if (state.variants.includes(variant)) {
-            continue
-          }
-
-          let variantStartIndex =
-            listStartIndex + variants.slice(0, i).join('').length
-
-          diagnostics.push({
-            range: {
-              start: indexToPosition(text, variantStartIndex),
-              end: indexToPosition(text, variantStartIndex + variant.length),
-            },
-            severity:
-              severity === 'error'
-                ? DiagnosticSeverity.Error
-                : DiagnosticSeverity.Warning,
-            message: `Unknown variant: ${variant}`,
-          })
-        }
-
-        return diagnostics
-      })
-      .filter(Boolean)
-  )
-}
-
 export async function provideDiagnostics(
   state: State,
   document: TextDocument
@@ -229,8 +182,7 @@         ...getUtilityConflictDiagnostics(state, document, settings),
         ...(isCssDoc(state, document)
           ? [
               ...getUnsupportedApplyDiagnostics(state, document, settings),
-              ...getUnknownScreenDiagnostics(state, document, settings),
-              ...getUnknownVariantDiagnostics(state, document, settings),
+              ...getScreenDirectiveDiagnostics(state, document, settings),
             ]
           : []),
       ]
diff --git a/src/lsp/server.ts b/src/lsp/server.ts
index c3cefc3dd7ab8ac6be4d7e65662a8f87da824ee4..979c31828ea0001532fe7becadbad6c2a09b4d26 100644
--- a/src/lsp/server.ts
+++ b/src/lsp/server.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@   lint: {
     utilityConflicts: 'warning',
     unsupportedApply: 'error',
     unknownScreen: 'error',
-    unknownVariant: 'error',
   },
 }
 let globalSettings: Settings = defaultSettings
diff --git a/src/lsp/util/state.ts b/src/lsp/util/state.ts
index f4d8a9f37ef3f3ae42adcd6b8e8d638754fa2836..44ebc1aa3609fbaa4c1ef53e17080d4794c271c7 100644
--- a/src/lsp/util/state.ts
+++ b/src/lsp/util/state.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@   lint: {
     utilityConflicts: DiagnosticSeveritySetting
     unsupportedApply: DiagnosticSeveritySetting
     unknownScreen: DiagnosticSeveritySetting
-    unknownVariant: DiagnosticSeveritySetting
   }
 }