diff --git a/.clang-format b/.clang-format
index 7ce45951173..3633507cb13 100644
--- a/.clang-format
+++ b/.clang-format
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ IndentPPDirectives: None
 IndentWidth:     2
 IndentWrappedFunctionNames: false
 KeepEmptyLinesAtTheStartOfBlocks: true
-Language: Cpp
 MacroBlockBegin: ''
 MacroBlockEnd:   ''
 MaxEmptyLinesToKeep: 1