diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 0aa33d3..f7742d5 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -395,7 +395,6 @@ dnl and we don't want to be global namespace polluters.
   ])
 ])
 
-dnl ####################### -*- Mode: M4 -*- ###########################
 dnl Copyright (C) 98, 1999 Matthew D. Langston <langston@SLAC.Stanford.EDU>
 dnl
 dnl This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
diff --git a/cvs2cl.pl b/cvs2cl.pl
index 7d1f5f0..4268a7a 100644
--- a/cvs2cl.pl
+++ b/cvs2cl.pl
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-exec perl -w -x $0 ${1+"$@"} # -*- mode: perl; perl-indent-level: 2; -*-
+exec perl -w -x $0 ${1+"$@"}
 #!perl -w
 
 
diff --git a/puic/puic.1 b/puic/puic.1
index 2341fe3..59b682a 100644
--- a/puic/puic.1
+++ b/puic/puic.1
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-.\" Hey, EMACS: -*- nroff -*-
 .\" First parameter, NAME, should be all caps
 .\" Second parameter, SECTION, should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection
 .\" other parameters are allowed: see man(7), man(1)