diff --git a/dune/tectonic/globallaursennonlinearity.hh b/dune/tectonic/globallaursennonlinearity.hh
index 559edcb625e10bdeeb05285f46273b1465062548..c4701b9f00cd172e6237498f56aee406c3e232d3 100644
--- a/dune/tectonic/globallaursennonlinearity.hh
+++ b/dune/tectonic/globallaursennonlinearity.hh
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-/* -*- mode:c++; mode:semantic -*- */
-
 #ifndef DUNE_TECTONIC_GLOBAL_LAURSEN_NONLINEARITY_HH
 #define DUNE_TECTONIC_GLOBAL_LAURSEN_NONLINEARITY_HH
 
diff --git a/dune/tectonic/globalnonlinearity.hh b/dune/tectonic/globalnonlinearity.hh
index b6aca085d1dbd9e374b6cab79953c626534fd019..3a1bc3739fb37cf286c9c475948d411cae08427f 100644
--- a/dune/tectonic/globalnonlinearity.hh
+++ b/dune/tectonic/globalnonlinearity.hh
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-/* -*- mode:c++; mode:semantic -*- */
-
 #ifndef DUNE_TECTONIC_GLOBAL_NONLINEARITY_HH
 #define DUNE_TECTONIC_GLOBAL_NONLINEARITY_HH
 
diff --git a/dune/tectonic/globalruinanonlinearity.hh b/dune/tectonic/globalruinanonlinearity.hh
index e7ca98f7c43ca41720ffc8d99ce267ec22d1f046..90e8af367feb0bc683eaaf22050a66a35ee20d32 100644
--- a/dune/tectonic/globalruinanonlinearity.hh
+++ b/dune/tectonic/globalruinanonlinearity.hh
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-/* -*- mode:c++; mode:semantic -*- */
-
 #ifndef DUNE_TECTONIC_GLOBAL_RUINA_NONLINEARITY_HH
 #define DUNE_TECTONIC_GLOBAL_RUINA_NONLINEARITY_HH
 
diff --git a/dune/tectonic/localnonlinearity.hh b/dune/tectonic/localnonlinearity.hh
index bd7e69965a34e399425f7f18e6f744fbb8b9a702..34e595f0a49970a98cc5f68650b75468afb8df76 100644
--- a/dune/tectonic/localnonlinearity.hh
+++ b/dune/tectonic/localnonlinearity.hh
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-/* -*- mode:c++; mode:semantic -*- */
-
 #ifndef DUNE_TECTONIC_LOCAL_NONLINEARITY_HH
 #define DUNE_TECTONIC_LOCAL_NONLINEARITY_HH
 
diff --git a/dune/tectonic/nicefunction.hh b/dune/tectonic/nicefunction.hh
index f9f16702c57e5b6c854613b3615dd650a4d9e61b..4b926f9c6d116ae259fca2dccf8973120f88dd5e 100644
--- a/dune/tectonic/nicefunction.hh
+++ b/dune/tectonic/nicefunction.hh
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-/* -*- mode:c++; mode:semantic -*- */
-
 #ifndef NICE_FUNCTION_HH
 #define NICE_FUNCTION_HH
 
diff --git a/dune/tectonic/octave/duneoctave.hh b/dune/tectonic/octave/duneoctave.hh
index 26d1f6d5f98c3bb05eed0bd4d01c51fb57cfa675..7c4a8a1e6f3b5f3c31154cf6c205d150e4ac137b 100644
--- a/dune/tectonic/octave/duneoctave.hh
+++ b/dune/tectonic/octave/duneoctave.hh
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-/* -*- mode:c++; mode:semantic -*- */
-
 #ifndef DUNE_TECTONIC_OCTAVE_DUNEOCTAVE_HH
 #define DUNE_TECTONIC_OCTAVE_DUNEOCTAVE_HH
 
diff --git a/dune/tectonic/samplefunctional.hh b/dune/tectonic/samplefunctional.hh
index a56354d2bdae7ea49fab0c616f6716f73811ab4b..c6e0bc4e978e779b9009d24c16bd849585d720c7 100644
--- a/dune/tectonic/samplefunctional.hh
+++ b/dune/tectonic/samplefunctional.hh
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-/* -*- mode:c++; mode:semantic -*- */
-
 #ifndef SAMPLE_FUNCTIONAL_HH
 #define SAMPLE_FUNCTIONAL_HH
 
diff --git a/src/octave/duneevaluate.cc b/src/octave/duneevaluate.cc
index ad06d46af206536963202d0a1c28ac724d15f4b7..caf566894b162d8923691b9b2279d21dd94a4e3d 100644
--- a/src/octave/duneevaluate.cc
+++ b/src/octave/duneevaluate.cc
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-/* -*- mode:c++; mode:semantic -*- */
-
 #include <octave/oct.h>
 
 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
diff --git a/src/octave/duneminimise.cc b/src/octave/duneminimise.cc
index e86b326dc67903bef4b0bcf49eda3e2a1927b3e0..0370664f81d9b6dc2475d7a44981e7bc5692029f 100644
--- a/src/octave/duneminimise.cc
+++ b/src/octave/duneminimise.cc
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-/* -*- mode:c++; mode:semantic -*- */
-
 #include <octave/oct.h>
 
 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
diff --git a/src/one-body-sample.cc b/src/one-body-sample.cc
index e58210d086196e8dd60c087ce8254b1778ebac1f..efd7d49f29e3863357c5a26bb68e064d3924aa23 100644
--- a/src/one-body-sample.cc
+++ b/src/one-body-sample.cc
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-/* -*- mode:c++; mode:semantic; mode:subword -*- */
-
 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
 #include "config.h"
 #endif
diff --git a/src/python/test-python.cc b/src/python/test-python.cc
index 75f4c5eb205a68e4da1a26b8c9dbc161eef5a113..f070876deef583c5a03cb19509fe6a485d7895bc 100644
--- a/src/python/test-python.cc
+++ b/src/python/test-python.cc
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-/* -*- mode:c++; mode:semantic -*- */
-
 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
 #include "config.h"
 #endif
diff --git a/src/test-gradient-method.cc b/src/test-gradient-method.cc
index bd8991a6a2fd6f6a69d63fee9eeafab01752eb2b..1f384e8c1fa2f8a4cc3c07038a5a778a153aac00 100644
--- a/src/test-gradient-method.cc
+++ b/src/test-gradient-method.cc
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-/* -*- mode:c++; mode:semantic -*- */
-
 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
 #include "config.h"
 #endif