diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Query.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Query.hs
index bee56d14a..5a8dff3f3 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Query.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Query.hs
@@ -208,7 +208,6 @@ prefixes = map (++":") [
     ,"date"
     ,"edate"
     ,"status"
-    ,"sym"
     ,"cur"
     ,"real"
     ,"empty"
@@ -249,7 +248,6 @@ parseQueryTerm _ ('r':'e':'a':'l':':':s) = Left $ Real $ parseBool s
 parseQueryTerm _ ('a':'m':'t':':':s) = Left $ Amt ord q where (ord, q) = parseAmountQueryTerm s
 parseQueryTerm _ ('e':'m':'p':'t':'y':':':s) = Left $ Empty $ parseBool s
 parseQueryTerm _ ('d':'e':'p':'t':'h':':':s) = Left $ Depth $ readDef 0 s
-parseQueryTerm _ ('s':'y':'m':':':s) = Left $ Sym s
 parseQueryTerm _ ('c':'u':'r':':':s) = Left $ Sym s -- support cur: as an alias
 parseQueryTerm _ ('t':'a':'g':':':s) = Left $ Tag n v where (n,v) = parseTag s
 parseQueryTerm _ "" = Left $ Any