diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/solr/analysis/SynonymFilter.java b/src/java/org/apache/solr/analysis/SynonymFilter.java
index 124b3ac6423..a8be4496e8b 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/solr/analysis/SynonymFilter.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/solr/analysis/SynonymFilter.java
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ public class SynonymFilter extends TokenFilter {
           // recurse
           result = match(subMap);
         }
-;
+
         if (result != null) {
           matched.addFirst(tok);
         } else {