diff --git a/doc/buildAndProgram.md b/doc/buildAndProgram.md
index 8aa32daf..b588b649 100644
--- a/doc/buildAndProgram.md
+++ b/doc/buildAndProgram.md
@@ -24,15 +24,10 @@ To build this project, you'll need:
 
 ### Clone the repo
 
-```sh
+```
 git clone https://github.com/InfiniTimeOrg/InfiniTime.git
 cd InfiniTime
 git submodule update --init
-
-# configure git to apply whitespace fixes automatically
-git config set core.whitespace trailing-space,space-before-tab
-git config set apply.whitespace fix
-
 mkdir build
 cd build
 ```
diff --git a/doc/buildWithDocker.md b/doc/buildWithDocker.md
index 9ad65fec..670590a6 100644
--- a/doc/buildWithDocker.md
+++ b/doc/buildWithDocker.md
@@ -15,14 +15,10 @@ Based on Ubuntu 22.04 with the following build dependencies:
 
 Before building, local repository must be fully initialized.
 
-```sh
+```
 git clone https://github.com/InfiniTimeOrg/InfiniTime.git
 cd InfiniTime
 git submodule update --init
-
-# configure git to apply whitespace fixes automatically
-git config set core.whitespace trailing-space,space-before-tab
-git config set apply.whitespace fix
 ```
 
 ## Run a container to build the project