diff --git a/init.example.el b/init.example.el
index b32fa440a..57f9ec90a 100644
--- a/init.example.el
+++ b/init.example.el
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
        :tools
        ;;ansible
        ;;docker
-       editorconfig      ; let someone else argue about tabs vs spaces
+       ;;editorconfig      ; let someone else argue about tabs vs spaces
        ;;ein               ; tame Jupyter notebooks with emacs
        ;;gist              ; interacting with github gists
        ;;macos             ; MacOS-specific commands