diff --git a/etc/MACHINES b/etc/MACHINES
index 632c0868a6c2e9ef99e33d8b029a577c7eeeedaa..83723fccbbc990f320ddebc92d5700525ff6cde3 100644
--- a/etc/MACHINES
+++ b/etc/MACHINES
@@ -1498,11 +1498,10 @@ Xenix (xenix)
   to make the Emacs meta key work.
 
 Local variables:
-mode: indented-text
+mode: text
 fill-prefix: "  "
 End:
 
-
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