diff --git a/components/prism-clike.js b/components/prism-clike.js
index 5745341f7d..08dccaf304 100644
--- a/components/prism-clike.js
+++ b/components/prism-clike.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Prism.languages.clike = {
 			lookbehind: true
 		}
 	],
-	'string': /("|')(\\(?:\r\n|[\s\S])|(?!\1)[^\\\r\n])*\1/,
+	'string': /(["'])(\\(?:\r\n|[\s\S])|(?!\1)[^\\\r\n])*\1/,
 	'class-name': {
 		pattern: /((?:\b(?:class|interface|extends|implements|trait|instanceof|new)\s+)|(?:catch\s+\())[a-z0-9_\.\\]+/i,
 		lookbehind: true,
diff --git a/components/prism-clike.min.js b/components/prism-clike.min.js
index b437bab33b..dddc16e784 100644
--- a/components/prism-clike.min.js
+++ b/components/prism-clike.min.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Prism.languages.clike={comment:[{pattern:/(^|[^\\])\/\*[\w\W]*?\*\//,lookbehind:!0},{pattern:/(^|[^\\:])\/\/.*/,lookbehind:!0}],string:/("|')(\\(?:\r\n|[\s\S])|(?!\1)[^\\\r\n])*\1/,"class-name":{pattern:/((?:\b(?:class|interface|extends|implements|trait|instanceof|new)\s+)|(?:catch\s+\())[a-z0-9_\.\\]+/i,lookbehind:!0,inside:{punctuation:/(\.|\\)/}},keyword:/\b(if|else|while|do|for|return|in|instanceof|function|new|try|throw|catch|finally|null|break|continue)\b/,"boolean":/\b(true|false)\b/,"function":/[a-z0-9_]+(?=\()/i,number:/\b-?(?:0x[\da-f]+|\d*\.?\d+(?:e[+-]?\d+)?)\b/i,operator:/--?|\+\+?|!=?=?|<=?|>=?|==?=?|&&?|\|\|?|\?|\*|\/|~|\^|%/,punctuation:/[{}[\];(),.:]/};
\ No newline at end of file
+Prism.languages.clike={comment:[{pattern:/(^|[^\\])\/\*[\w\W]*?\*\//,lookbehind:!0},{pattern:/(^|[^\\:])\/\/.*/,lookbehind:!0}],string:/(["'])(\\(?:\r\n|[\s\S])|(?!\1)[^\\\r\n])*\1/,"class-name":{pattern:/((?:\b(?:class|interface|extends|implements|trait|instanceof|new)\s+)|(?:catch\s+\())[a-z0-9_\.\\]+/i,lookbehind:!0,inside:{punctuation:/(\.|\\)/}},keyword:/\b(if|else|while|do|for|return|in|instanceof|function|new|try|throw|catch|finally|null|break|continue)\b/,"boolean":/\b(true|false)\b/,"function":/[a-z0-9_]+(?=\()/i,number:/\b-?(?:0x[\da-f]+|\d*\.?\d+(?:e[+-]?\d+)?)\b/i,operator:/--?|\+\+?|!=?=?|<=?|>=?|==?=?|&&?|\|\|?|\?|\*|\/|~|\^|%/,punctuation:/[{}[\];(),.:]/};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/prism.js b/prism.js
index 7f72314e70..802b653b1d 100644
--- a/prism.js
+++ b/prism.js
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ Prism.languages.clike = {
 			lookbehind: true
 		}
 	],
-	'string': /("|')(\\(?:\r\n|[\s\S])|(?!\1)[^\\\r\n])*\1/,
+	'string': /(["'])(\\(?:\r\n|[\s\S])|(?!\1)[^\\\r\n])*\1/,
 	'class-name': {
 		pattern: /((?:\b(?:class|interface|extends|implements|trait|instanceof|new)\s+)|(?:catch\s+\())[a-z0-9_\.\\]+/i,
 		lookbehind: true,