diff --git a/src/database_flatfile.h b/src/database_flatfile.h
index 86fdf619..979747b5 100644
--- a/src/database_flatfile.h
+++ b/src/database_flatfile.h
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@
 #define FF_VERSION_PREFIX       "# format-version: "
 #define FLATFILE_HEADER                                                   \
     "# profanity chat log — UTF-8, LF line endings\n"                     \
-    "# format-version: 1\n"                                               \
-    "# vim: set fileencoding=utf-8 fileformat=unix :\n"
+    "# format-version: 1\n"
 #define FF_MAX_LINE_LEN  (10 * 1024 * 1024) /* 10 MB — reject lines longer than this */
 #define FF_MAX_LMC_DEPTH 100                /* max correction chain depth */