diff --git a/lib/linguist/languages.yml b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
index edf0e04d..6cb3d01c 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/languages.yml
+++ b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
@@ -155,7 +155,6 @@ Clojure:
   - .cljs
 
 CMake:
-  type: programming
   extensions:
   - .cmake
   - .cmake.in