diff --git a/crates/languages/src/lib.rs b/crates/languages/src/lib.rs
index 7e8c09c8ad..03c4735d6d 100644
--- a/crates/languages/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/languages/src/lib.rs
@@ -288,6 +288,15 @@ fn load_config(name: &str) -> LanguageConfig {
         .with_context(|| format!("failed to load config.toml for language {name:?}"))
         .unwrap();
 
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "load-grammars"))]
+    {
+        config = LanguageConfig {
+            name: config.name,
+            matcher: config.matcher,
+            ..Default::default()
+        }
+    }
+
     config
 }