diff --git a/src/extensions/strip-trailing-whitespace.coffee b/src/extensions/strip-trailing-whitespace.coffee
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index cb27068c0..000000000
--- a/src/extensions/strip-trailing-whitespace.coffee
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-module.exports =
-  name: "strip trailing whitespace"
-
-  activate: (rootView) ->
-    rootView.eachBuffer (buffer) ->
-      buffer.on 'before-save', ->
-        buffer.scan /[ \t]+$/g, (match, range, { replace }) ->
-          replace('')