--- a/src/mime.conf.default
+++ b/src/mime.conf.default
@@ -1,19 +1,3 @@
-# This file associates filename extensions (for servers or services
-# that don't automatically include them - like ftp) with a mime type
-# and a graphical icon.
-#
-#
-# This file has the format :
-# regex content-type icon content-encoding transfer-mode
-#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#
-#
-# Content-Encodings are taken from section 3.1 of RFC2068 (HTTP/1.1)
-#
-#
-#
-# regexp	content-type			icon				encoding mode	actions
-#--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 \.gif$			image/gif		silk/image.png			-	image	+download
 \.mime$			www/mime		silk/page_white_text.png	-	ascii	+download
 ^internal-dirup$	-			silk/arrow_up.png		-	-
@@ -190,6 +174,4 @@ README		text/plain			silk/information.pn
 \.xml$		text/xml			silk/page_world.png		-	ascii	+download
 \.xsl$		text/xml			silk/layout.png			-	ascii	+download
 \.xyz$		chemical/x-xyz			silk/chart_line.png		-	image	+download
-
-# the default
 .		text/plain			silk/bullet_red.png		-	image	+download +view
