diff --git a/src/packages/strip-trailing-whitespace/src/strip-trailing-whitespace.coffee b/src/packages/strip-trailing-whitespace/src/strip-trailing-whitespace.coffee
index 661a22986..bf01c6bbe 100644
--- a/src/packages/strip-trailing-whitespace/src/strip-trailing-whitespace.coffee
+++ b/src/packages/strip-trailing-whitespace/src/strip-trailing-whitespace.coffee
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 module.exports =
-  name: "strip trailing whitespace"
-
   activate: (rootView) ->
     rootView.eachBuffer (buffer) => @stripTrailingWhitespaceBeforeSave(buffer)