diff --git a/vimrc b/vimrc
index 32e62ec..79f962c 100644
--- a/vimrc
+++ b/vimrc
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-" vim:      set fenc=utf-8 nu et sts=4 sw=4 ft=vim fdm=marker fmr={{{,}}}:
+" vim:      set fenc=utf-8 ft=vim fdm=marker fmr={{{,}}}:
 " file:     ~/.vimrc
 " author:   Thomas Ruoff (with the help of a myriad others)
 
-scriptencoding utf-8
-
 " Plugins {{{
 call plug#begin('~/.vim/plugged')