diff --git a/.dir-locals.el b/.dir-locals.el
index 1aa71ff6f15..9853d7b5d88 100644
--- a/.dir-locals.el
+++ b/.dir-locals.el
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 ((nil . ((tab-width . 8)
          (sentence-end-double-space . t)
          (fill-column . 70)))
- (c-mode . ((c-file-style . "GNU")
-            (c-noise-macro-with-parens-names . ("IF_LINT"))
-            (eval . (c-make-noise-macro-regexps))
-            ))
+ (c-mode . ((c-file-style . "GNU")))
  (objc-mode . ((c-file-style . "GNU")))
  (log-edit-mode . ((log-edit-font-lock-gnu-style . t)
                    (log-edit-setup-add-author . t)))