diff --git a/modules/lang/data/config.el b/modules/lang/data/config.el
index da0e72344..45ec4f6b1 100644
--- a/modules/lang/data/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/data/config.el
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
   :mode "\\.p\\(?:list\\|om\\)\\'" ; plist, pom
   :mode "\\.xs\\(?:d\\|lt\\)\\'"   ; xslt, xsd
   :mode "\\.rss\\'"
-  :magic "<\\?xml"
   :config
   (setq nxml-slash-auto-complete-flag t
         nxml-auto-insert-xml-declaration-flag t)