diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/basetextdocumentlayout.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/basetextdocumentlayout.cpp
index a9f33c15466..53826856cb1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/basetextdocumentlayout.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/basetextdocumentlayout.cpp
@@ -390,8 +390,7 @@ bool TextBlockUserData::findPreviousBlockOpenParenthesis(QTextCursor *cursor, bo
             for (int i = parenList.count()-1; i >= 0; --i) {
                 Parenthesis paren = parenList.at(i);
                 if (paren.chr != QLatin1Char('{') && paren.chr != QLatin1Char('}')
-                    && paren.chr != QLatin1Char('+') && paren.chr != QLatin1Char('-')
-                    && paren.chr != QLatin1Char('[') && paren.chr != QLatin1Char(']'))
+                    && paren.chr != QLatin1Char('+') && paren.chr != QLatin1Char('-'))
                     continue;
                 if (block == cursor->block()) {
                     if (position - block.position() <= paren.pos + (paren.type == Parenthesis::Closed ? 1 : 0))
@@ -454,8 +453,7 @@ bool TextBlockUserData::findNextBlockClosingParenthesis(QTextCursor *cursor)
             for (int i = 0; i < parenList.count(); ++i) {
                 Parenthesis paren = parenList.at(i);
                 if (paren.chr != QLatin1Char('{') && paren.chr != QLatin1Char('}')
-                    && paren.chr != QLatin1Char('+') && paren.chr != QLatin1Char('-')
-                    && paren.chr != QLatin1Char('[') && paren.chr != QLatin1Char(']'))
+                    && paren.chr != QLatin1Char('+') && paren.chr != QLatin1Char('-'))
                     continue;
                 if (block == cursor->block() &&
                     (position - block.position() > paren.pos - (paren.type == Parenthesis::Opened ? 1 : 0)))