diff --git a/include/ip-to-country.inc b/include/ip-to-country.inc
index 38b4087f32..746d2ca50d 100644
--- a/include/ip-to-country.inc
+++ b/include/ip-to-country.inc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?php // -*- C++ -*-
+<?php
 
 /*
 
diff --git a/include/langchooser.inc b/include/langchooser.inc
index 0c453359da..09ef06b545 100644
--- a/include/langchooser.inc
+++ b/include/langchooser.inc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?php // -*- C++ -*-
+<?php
 
 /*
 
diff --git a/include/languages.inc b/include/languages.inc
index 0ab82e8a92..77a0f22f77 100644
--- a/include/languages.inc
+++ b/include/languages.inc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?php // -*- C++ -*-
+<?php
 
 /*
  This is a list of all manual languages hosted
diff --git a/include/manual-lookup.inc b/include/manual-lookup.inc
index 573e82ae84..0ba47d77c6 100644
--- a/include/manual-lookup.inc
+++ b/include/manual-lookup.inc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?php // -*- C++ -*-
+<?php
 
 // We need this for error reporting
 include_once __DIR__ . '/errors.inc';
diff --git a/include/prepend.inc b/include/prepend.inc
index c6f03a4d5d..338982710d 100644
--- a/include/prepend.inc
+++ b/include/prepend.inc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?php // -*- C++ -*-
+<?php
 // Compress all pages, if ext/zlib is available on the mirror
 // XXX Deactivated by sas, causes errors towards delivery machines
 // ini_set("zlib.output_compression", 1);
diff --git a/include/shared-manual.inc b/include/shared-manual.inc
index fa6ef2630d..ff8f81f889 100644
--- a/include/shared-manual.inc
+++ b/include/shared-manual.inc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?php // -*- C++ -*-
+<?php
 
 /*
 
diff --git a/include/site.inc b/include/site.inc
index de664aac52..dd147e22f8 100644
--- a/include/site.inc
+++ b/include/site.inc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?php // -*- C++ -*-
+<?php
 
 // Define some constants, and $MIRRORS array
 // Mirror type constants