diff --git a/core/core-editor.el b/core/core-editor.el
index 18b5d54ae..126c9bdcc 100644
--- a/core/core-editor.el
+++ b/core/core-editor.el
@@ -7,25 +7,20 @@
  indent-tabs-mode        nil
  tab-always-indent       t
  tab-width               4
-
  require-final-newline   t
  delete-trailing-lines   nil
-
  fill-column             80
 
  ;; Sane scroll settings
  scroll-margin           0
  scroll-conservatively   9999
  scroll-preserve-screen-position t
-
  shift-select-mode       nil
-
  tabify-regexp "^\t* [ \t]+"
- whitespace-style '(face trailing tabs tab-mark newline newline-mark)
+ whitespace-style '(face tabs tab-mark newline newline-mark)
  whitespace-display-mappings
- '((tab-mark   ?\t   [?\u2502 ?\t] [?\\ ?\t])
+ '((tab-mark   ?\t   [?> ?\t])
    (newline-mark 10 [36 10]))
-
  truncate-lines                  t      ; do not soft-wrap lines
  truncate-partial-width-windows  nil)