diff --git a/modules/editor/file-templates/config.el b/modules/editor/file-templates/config.el
index 3de046a39..2ef1d1f3f 100644
--- a/modules/editor/file-templates/config.el
+++ b/modules/editor/file-templates/config.el
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ don't have a :trigger property in `+file-templates-alist'.")
     ("/bower\\.json$"          :trigger "__bower.json" :mode json-mode)
     ("/gulpfile\\.js$"         :trigger "__gulpfile.js" :mode js-mode)
     ("/webpack\\.config\\.js$" :trigger "__webpack.config.js" :mode js-mode)
-    ("\\.js\\(?:on\\|hintrc\\)$" :mode json-mode)
     ;; Lua
     ("/main\\.lua$" :trigger "__main.lua" :mode love-mode)
     ("/conf\\.lua$" :trigger "__conf.lua" :mode love-mode)
diff --git a/modules/editor/file-templates/templates/json-mode/__ b/modules/editor/file-templates/templates/json-mode/__
deleted file mode 100644
index e959722b6..000000000
--- a/modules/editor/file-templates/templates/json-mode/__
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[
-    $0
-]