--- a/.emacs	Thu Jan 28 21:31:18 2010 +0200
+++ b/.emacs	Thu Jan 28 21:33:32 2010 +0200
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@
 (defvar dot-emacs-post (expand-file-name "~/.emacs-post")
   "Path to file with post-loaded custom settings.")
 
-(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.emacs-.*" . emacs-lisp-mode) t)
-
 ;; pre-load custom settings
 (if (file-exists-p dot-emacs-pre)
     (load dot-emacs-pre))