diff --git a/src/basic/gcrypt-util.c b/src/basic/gcrypt-util.c
index 54008f0a28..9e13c9df83 100644
--- a/src/basic/gcrypt-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/gcrypt-util.c
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+ */
-/*-*- Mode: C; c-basic-offset: 8; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*-*/
 
 /***
   Copyright 2012 Lennart Poettering
diff --git a/src/basic/gcrypt-util.h b/src/basic/gcrypt-util.h
index 9154762fda..ee5296cdc1 100644
--- a/src/basic/gcrypt-util.h
+++ b/src/basic/gcrypt-util.h
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+ */
-/*-*- Mode: C; c-basic-offset: 8; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*-*/
 
 /***
   Copyright 2016 Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek