diff --git a/spacemacs/funcs.el b/spacemacs/funcs.el
index 0be41a666..5f25161b7 100644
--- a/spacemacs/funcs.el
+++ b/spacemacs/funcs.el
@@ -305,6 +305,10 @@ changed to THEME."
       (_ (setq rainbow-identifiers-cie-l*a*b*-saturation 80
                rainbow-identifiers-cie-l*a*b*-lightness 45))))
   ;; To make the variables stand out, keyword coloring is disabled
+  ;; (set-face-attribute 'highlight-quoted-symbol nil
+  ;;                     :foreground nil :slant 'normal :weight 'bold)
+  (set-face-attribute 'font-lock-function-name-face nil
+                      :foreground nil :slant 'normal :weight 'normal)
   (set-face-attribute 'font-lock-keyword-face nil
                       :foreground nil :slant 'normal :weight 'bold))
 
diff --git a/spacemacs/packages.el b/spacemacs/packages.el
index 5c6fc78f6..0bcb74944 100644
--- a/spacemacs/packages.el
+++ b/spacemacs/packages.el
@@ -1375,8 +1375,7 @@ which require an initialization must be listed explicitly in the list."
             rainbow-identifiers-cie-l*a*b*-lightness 40
             ;; override theme faces
             rainbow-identifiers-faces-to-override '(highlight-quoted-symbol
-                                                    font-lock-variable-name-face
-                                                    font-lock-function-name-face))
+                                                    font-lock-variable-name-face))
       (add-to-hooks 'rainbow-identifiers-mode '(prog-mode-hook
                                                 erlang-mode-hook)))
 ))