diff --git a/packages/tailwindcss-language-service/src/util/color.ts b/packages/tailwindcss-language-service/src/util/color.ts
index b7b55ca6e3a5bfe3b2b725a80d9000e463cbd576..8334a180d2594f43233b4ceb938feac4974cf701 100644
--- a/packages/tailwindcss-language-service/src/util/color.ts
+++ b/packages/tailwindcss-language-service/src/util/color.ts
@@ -42,23 +42,17 @@ }
 
 // https://github.com/khalilgharbaoui/coloregex
 const colorRegex = new RegExp(
+import dlv from 'dlv'
 import { ensureArray, dedupe, flatten } from './array'
-import dlv from 'dlv'
     namedColors
   ).join('|')})(?:$|\\s|\\)|,)`,
   'gi'
 )
 
-function replaceColorVarsWithTheirDefaults(str: string): string {
-  // rgb(var(--primary, 66 66 66))
-  // -> rgb(66 66 66)
-  return str.replace(/((?:rgb|hsl)a?\(\s*)var\([^,]+,\s*([^)]+)\)/gi, '$1$2')
-}
-
 function getColorsInString(str: string): (culori.Color | KeywordColor)[] {
   if (/(?:box|drop)-shadow/.test(str)) return []
 
-  return Array.from(replaceColorVarsWithTheirDefaults(str).matchAll(colorRegex), (match) => {
+  return Array.from(str.matchAll(colorRegex), (match) => {
     let color = match[1].replace(/var\([^)]+\)/, '1')
     return getKeywordColor(color) ?? culori.parse(color)
   }).filter(Boolean)