diff --git a/termite.cc b/termite.cc
index aeb28cd..5865175 100644
--- a/termite.cc
+++ b/termite.cc
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ get_text_range(VteTerminal *vte, long start_row, long start_col, long end_row, l
 }
 
 static bool is_word_char(gunichar c) {
-    static const char *word_char_ascii_punct = "-,.;/?%&#:_=+@~";
+    static const char *word_char_ascii_punct = "-,./?%&#_=+@~";
     return g_unichar_isgraph(c) &&
            (g_unichar_isalnum(c) || (g_unichar_ispunct(c) &&
                                      (c >= 0x80 || strchr(word_char_ascii_punct, (int)c) != NULL)));