diff --git a/.jshintrc b/.jshintrc
index 5cdce23064..0766eb41f7 100644
--- a/.jshintrc
+++ b/.jshintrc
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 	"noarg": true,
 	"onevar": true,
 	"quotmark": "single",
-	"smarttabs": true,
 	"trailing": true,
 	"undef": true,
 	"unused": true,