diff --git a/lib/linguist/languages.yml b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
index 5996fc8c..78602a78 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/languages.yml
+++ b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
@@ -902,12 +902,10 @@ Haml:
 
 Handlebars:
   type: markup
-  lexer: Text only
+  lexer: Handlebars
   extensions:
   - .handlebars
   - .hbs
-  - .html.handlebars
-  - .html.hbs
 
 Harbour:
   type: programming