diff --git a/modules/lang/web/+html.el b/modules/lang/web/+html.el
index 08dc50049..436dcc3e8 100644
--- a/modules/lang/web/+html.el
+++ b/modules/lang/web/+html.el
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
                                        (if (string-match "\\(?:>\\|]\\|}\\)+\\'" string)
                                            (replace-match "" t t string)
                                          string))))))
-    (setf (alist-get nil web-mode-engines-auto-pairs) nil))
+    (delq (assq nil web-mode-engines-auto-pairs) web-mode-engines-auto-pairs))
 
   (map! :map web-mode-map
         (:localleader