diff --git a/trove/common/pastedeploy.py b/trove/common/pastedeploy.py
index f604ba2ba2..874394f16f 100644
--- a/trove/common/pastedeploy.py
+++ b/trove/common/pastedeploy.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
-
 # Copyright 2012 Red Hat, Inc.
 #
 #    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
diff --git a/trove/common/xmlutils.py b/trove/common/xmlutils.py
index b131d3e2e9..1231a5902c 100644
--- a/trove/common/xmlutils.py
+++ b/trove/common/xmlutils.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
-
 # Copyright 2013 IBM Corp.
 #
 #    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may