diff --git a/contrib/lang/c-c++/packages.el b/contrib/lang/c-c++/packages.el
index 0c1f76cda..bef8376f7 100644
--- a/contrib/lang/c-c++/packages.el
+++ b/contrib/lang/c-c++/packages.el
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@
     (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.h$" . c++-mode))
     :config
     (progn
-      (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.cxx$" . c++-mode))
-      (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.hpp$" . c++-mode))
       (require 'compile)
       (c-toggle-auto-newline 1)
       (evil-leader/set-key-for-mode 'c-mode