diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index ec3f631471..7e74b67217 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -10213,7 +10213,6 @@ tools/install/get_fpc_full_version.sh svneol=native#text/plain
 tools/install/get_lazarus_version.bat svneol=native#text/x-msdos-program
 tools/install/get_lazarus_version.sh svneol=native#text/plain
 tools/install/get_svn_revision_number.sh svneol=native#text/plain
-tools/install/linux/editoroptions.xml svneol=native#text/plain
 tools/install/linux/environmentoptions.xml svneol=native#text/plain
 tools/install/macosx/License.html svneol=native#text/plain
 tools/install/macosx/README.txt svneol=native#text/plain
diff --git a/tools/install/create_lazarus_deb.sh b/tools/install/create_lazarus_deb.sh
index f4e12bafc3..eb3bde0148 100755
--- a/tools/install/create_lazarus_deb.sh
+++ b/tools/install/create_lazarus_deb.sh
@@ -222,7 +222,6 @@ done
 
 # default configs
 mkdir -p $LazBuildDir/etc/lazarus
-cp $EtcSrcDir/editoroptions.xml $LazBuildDir/etc/lazarus/
 cat $EtcSrcDir/environmentoptions.xml | \
   sed -e "s#__LAZARUSDIR__#$LazDestDirInstalled/#" \
       -e "s#__FPCSRCDIR__#/usr/share/fpcsrc/\$(FPCVER)/#" \
diff --git a/tools/install/linux/editoroptions.xml b/tools/install/linux/editoroptions.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 01e6c306ff..0000000000
--- a/tools/install/linux/editoroptions.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<CONFIG>
-  <EditorOptions Version="2">
-    <Display EditorFont="-adobe-courier-medium-r-normal-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1" ExtraLineSpacing="2"/>
-  </EditorOptions>
-</CONFIG>