diff --git a/src/vs/editor/contrib/bracketMatching/bracketMatching.ts b/src/vs/editor/contrib/bracketMatching/bracketMatching.ts
index 0ce6d4667cf05b2492e5a6844d0f47c29b80448b..5b602985086f18553024e5af07c5d074f23bfabb 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/contrib/bracketMatching/bracketMatching.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/contrib/bracketMatching/bracketMatching.ts
@@ -20,14 +20,10 @@ import { registerThemingParticipant, themeColorFromId } from 'vs/platform/theme/
 import { editorBracketMatchBackground, editorBracketMatchBorder } from 'vs/editor/common/view/editorColorRegistry';
 import { ModelDecorationOptions } from 'vs/editor/common/model/textModel';
 import { ICodeEditor } from 'vs/editor/browser/editorBrowser';
-import { registerColor, overviewRulerSelectionHighlightForeground } from 'vs/platform/theme/common/colorRegistry';
+import { registerColor } from 'vs/platform/theme/common/colorRegistry';
 import { TrackedRangeStickiness, IModelDeltaDecoration, OverviewRulerLane } from 'vs/editor/common/model';
 
-export const editorWordHighlight = registerColor('editor.wordHighlightBackground', { dark: '#575757B8', light: '#57575740', hc: null }, nls.localize('wordHighlight', 'Background color of a symbol during read-access, like reading a variable.'));
-export const editorWordHighlightStrong = registerColor('editor.wordHighlightStrongBackground', { dark: '#004972B8', light: '#0e639c40', hc: null }, nls.localize('wordHighlightStrong', 'Background color of a symbol during write-access, like writing to a variable.'));
-
-export const overviewRulerWordHighlightForeground = registerColor('editorOverviewRuler.wordHighlightForeground', { dark: '#A0A0A0', light: '#A0A0A0', hc: '#A0A0A0' }, nls.localize('overviewRulerWordHighlightForeground', 'Overview ruler marker color for symbol highlights.'));
-export const overviewRulerWordHighlightStrongForeground = registerColor('editorOverviewRuler.wordHighlightStrongForeground', { dark: '#C0A0C0', light: '#C0A0C0', hc: '#C0A0C0' }, nls.localize('overviewRulerWordHighlightStrongForeground', 'Overview ruler marker color for write-access symbol highlights.'));
+const overviewRulerBracketMatchForeground = registerColor('editorOverviewRuler.bracketMatchForeground', { dark: '#A0A0A0', light: '#A0A0A0', hc: '#A0A0A0' }, nls.localize('overviewRulerBracketMatchForeground', 'Overview ruler marker color for matching brackets.'));
 
 class JumpToBracketAction extends EditorAction {
 	constructor() {
@@ -223,8 +219,8 @@ export class BracketMatchingController extends Disposable implements editorCommo
 		stickiness: TrackedRangeStickiness.NeverGrowsWhenTypingAtEdges,
 		className: 'bracket-match',
 		overviewRuler: {
-			color: themeColorFromId(overviewRulerSelectionHighlightForeground),
-			darkColor: themeColorFromId(overviewRulerSelectionHighlightForeground),
+			color: themeColorFromId(overviewRulerBracketMatchForeground),
+			darkColor: themeColorFromId(overviewRulerBracketMatchForeground),
 			position: OverviewRulerLane.Center
 		}
 	});