diff --git a/samples/DTrace/javascript-trace.d b/samples/DTrace/javascript-trace.d
index 258c6cd2..a9c4471e 100644
--- a/samples/DTrace/javascript-trace.d
+++ b/samples/DTrace/javascript-trace.d
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- */
+/* -*- Mode: linguist-disable-modelines-strategy-C++; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- */
 /* ***** BEGIN LICENSE BLOCK *****
  * Version: MPL 1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL 2.1
  *