diff --git a/src/tree-sitter-language-mode.js b/src/tree-sitter-language-mode.js
index e23884a05..139cc97c6 100644
--- a/src/tree-sitter-language-mode.js
+++ b/src/tree-sitter-language-mode.js
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ class TreeSitterLanguageMode {
     return smallestNode
   }
 
-  getRangeForSyntaxNodeContainingRange (range, where = _ => true) {
+  getRangeForSyntaxNodeContainingRange (range, where) {
     const node = this.getSyntaxNodeContainingRange(range, where)
     return node && node.range
   }