diff --git a/lisp/utilities/smartparens.el b/lisp/utilities/smartparens.el
index 75fb10b..1abc6f0 100644
--- a/lisp/utilities/smartparens.el
+++ b/lisp/utilities/smartparens.el
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@
 
   (sp-with-modes '(tex-mode plain-tex-mode latex-mode)
     (sp-local-tag "i" "\"<" "\">")
-    (sp-local-pair "$" nil :unless '(sp-point-before-word-p))
     (sp-local-pair "\\[" " \\]")
     (sp-local-pair "\\(" " \\)")
     (sp-local-pair "\\{" " \\}")