The higs is a flawed attempt to link gravity and mass into the standard model.

The problem in physics is that there is not a clear definition of mass (and to a lesser extend the definition of mater is still a bit hazy), and most measurements of mass are really a measurement of forces exerted by matter.

Where matter is really little more than a system of space and energy interacting.

The issue with the higgs is that it is not a particle that imparts mass, but rather the interaction of energy and space that gives the illusion of mass, and the force exerted by space due to the interference of energy that gives the force we call gravity.