diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
index 29a30ccfc07b..b5ea32b6954b 100644
--- a/.editorconfig
+++ b/.editorconfig
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
-root = true
-
 [{*.{awk,c,dts,dtsi,dtso,h,mk,s,S},Kconfig,Makefile,Makefile.*}]
 charset = utf-8
 end_of_line = lf