diff --git a/.dir-locals.el b/.dir-locals.el
index 05d50f663..1c34d93eb 100644
--- a/.dir-locals.el
+++ b/.dir-locals.el
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-;; - keep in sync dir-locals.el (for Emacs >= 24) with .dir-settings.el
-;;   (for Emacs < 24)
-;; - don't use a symbolic link to prevent problems on cygwin
-;;   distributions (commit 971b9eeacd38959439ddaa7c650430cc2dcb673e)
-
 ((nil . ((indent-tabs-mode . t)
 	 (tab-width . 8)
 	 (fill-column . 70)
diff --git a/.dir-settings.el b/.dir-settings.el
deleted file mode 100644
index 05d50f663..000000000
--- a/.dir-settings.el
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-;; - keep in sync dir-locals.el (for Emacs >= 24) with .dir-settings.el
-;;   (for Emacs < 24)
-;; - don't use a symbolic link to prevent problems on cygwin
-;;   distributions (commit 971b9eeacd38959439ddaa7c650430cc2dcb673e)
-
-((nil . ((indent-tabs-mode . t)
-	 (tab-width . 8)
-	 (fill-column . 70)
-	 (sentence-end-double-space . t))))