diff --git a/modules/lang/python/config.el b/modules/lang/python/config.el
index 535c52aa4..89a38ee7e 100644
--- a/modules/lang/python/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/python/config.el
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ called.")
   (setq python-environment-directory doom-cache-dir
         python-indent-guess-indent-offset-verbose nil)
   :config
-  (set-electric! 'python-mode :chars '(?:))
   (set-repl-handler! 'python-mode #'+python/open-repl)
   (set-docsets! 'python-mode "Python 3" "NumPy" "SciPy")