diff --git a/components/prism-avro-idl.js b/components/prism-avro-idl.js
index ec5be7a137..35386ffe2d 100644
--- a/components/prism-avro-idl.js
+++ b/components/prism-avro-idl.js
@@ -6,18 +6,11 @@ Prism.languages['avro-idl'] = {
 		pattern: /\/\/.*|\/\*[\s\S]*?\*\//,
 		greedy: true
 	},
-	'string': [
-		{
-			pattern: /(^|[^\\])"(?:[^\r\n"\\]|\\.)*"/,
-			lookbehind: true,
-			greedy: true
-		},
-		{
-			pattern: /(^|[^\\])'(?:[^\r\n'\\]|\\(?:[\s\S]|\d{1,3}))'/,
-			lookbehind: true,
-			greedy: true
-		}
-	],
+	'string': {
+		pattern: /(^|[^\\])"(?:[^\r\n"\\]|\\.)*"/,
+		lookbehind: true,
+		greedy: true
+	},
 
 	'annotation': {
 		pattern: /@(?:[$\w.-]|`[^\r\n`]+`)+/,
diff --git a/components/prism-avro-idl.min.js b/components/prism-avro-idl.min.js
index cf54dc546b..34238fc651 100644
--- a/components/prism-avro-idl.min.js
+++ b/components/prism-avro-idl.min.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Prism.languages["avro-idl"]={comment:{pattern:/\/\/.*|\/\*[\s\S]*?\*\//,greedy:!0},string:[{pattern:/(^|[^\\])"(?:[^\r\n"\\]|\\.)*"/,lookbehind:!0,greedy:!0},{pattern:/(^|[^\\])'(?:[^\r\n'\\]|\\(?:[\s\S]|\d{1,3}))'/,lookbehind:!0,greedy:!0}],annotation:{pattern:/@(?:[$\w.-]|`[^\r\n`]+`)+/,greedy:!0,alias:"function"},"function-identifier":{pattern:/`[^\r\n`]+`(?=\s*\()/,greedy:!0,alias:"function"},identifier:{pattern:/`[^\r\n`]+`/,greedy:!0},"class-name":{pattern:/(\b(?:enum|error|protocol|record|throws)\b\s+)[$\w]+/,lookbehind:!0,greedy:!0},keyword:/\b(?:array|boolean|bytes|date|decimal|double|enum|error|false|fixed|float|idl|import|int|local_timestamp_ms|long|map|null|oneway|protocol|record|schema|string|throws|time_ms|timestamp_ms|true|union|uuid|void)\b/,function:/\b[a-z_]\w*(?=\s*\()/i,number:[{pattern:/(^|[^\w.])-?(?:(?:\d+(?:\.\d*)?|\.\d+)(?:e[+-]?\d+)?|0x(?:[a-f0-9]+(?:\.[a-f0-9]*)?|\.[a-f0-9]+)(?:p[+-]?\d+)?)[dfl]?(?![\w.])/i,lookbehind:!0},/-?\b(?:Infinity|NaN)\b/],operator:/=/,punctuation:/[()\[\]{}<>.:,;-]/},Prism.languages.avdl=Prism.languages["avro-idl"];
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+Prism.languages["avro-idl"]={comment:{pattern:/\/\/.*|\/\*[\s\S]*?\*\//,greedy:!0},string:{pattern:/(^|[^\\])"(?:[^\r\n"\\]|\\.)*"/,lookbehind:!0,greedy:!0},annotation:{pattern:/@(?:[$\w.-]|`[^\r\n`]+`)+/,greedy:!0,alias:"function"},"function-identifier":{pattern:/`[^\r\n`]+`(?=\s*\()/,greedy:!0,alias:"function"},identifier:{pattern:/`[^\r\n`]+`/,greedy:!0},"class-name":{pattern:/(\b(?:enum|error|protocol|record|throws)\b\s+)[$\w]+/,lookbehind:!0,greedy:!0},keyword:/\b(?:array|boolean|bytes|date|decimal|double|enum|error|false|fixed|float|idl|import|int|local_timestamp_ms|long|map|null|oneway|protocol|record|schema|string|throws|time_ms|timestamp_ms|true|union|uuid|void)\b/,function:/\b[a-z_]\w*(?=\s*\()/i,number:[{pattern:/(^|[^\w.])-?(?:(?:\d+(?:\.\d*)?|\.\d+)(?:e[+-]?\d+)?|0x(?:[a-f0-9]+(?:\.[a-f0-9]*)?|\.[a-f0-9]+)(?:p[+-]?\d+)?)[dfl]?(?![\w.])/i,lookbehind:!0},/-?\b(?:Infinity|NaN)\b/],operator:/=/,punctuation:/[()\[\]{}<>.:,;-]/},Prism.languages.avdl=Prism.languages["avro-idl"];
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diff --git a/tests/languages/avro-idl/string_feature.test b/tests/languages/avro-idl/string_feature.test
index 1811a33dd5..d93a89eabe 100644
--- a/tests/languages/avro-idl/string_feature.test
+++ b/tests/languages/avro-idl/string_feature.test
@@ -3,19 +3,11 @@
 "\""
 "\n\n"
 
-'f'
-'\n'
-'\34'
-
 ----------------------------------------------------
 
 [
 	["string", "\"\""],
 	["string", "\"foo\""],
 	["string", "\"\\\"\""],
-	["string", "\"\\n\\n\""],
-
-	["string", "'f'"],
-	["string", "'\\n'"],
-	["string", "'\\34'"]
+	["string", "\"\\n\\n\""]
 ]