diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ce74b77b8f..6dd88ce28b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 - Consistent syntax for branch checks in PRs ([#2202](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/issues/2202))
 - Fixed minor Jinja2 templating bug that caused the PR template to miss a newline
 - Updated AWS tests to use newly moved `seqeralabs/action-tower-launch` instead of `nf-core/tower-action`
+- Remove `.cff` files from `.editorconfig` [(#2145)[https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/2145]]
 
 ### Linting
 
diff --git a/nf_core/pipeline-template/.editorconfig b/nf_core/pipeline-template/.editorconfig
index b78de6e655..b6b3190776 100644
--- a/nf_core/pipeline-template/.editorconfig
+++ b/nf_core/pipeline-template/.editorconfig
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ trim_trailing_whitespace = true
 indent_size = 4
 indent_style = space
 
-[*.{md,yml,yaml,html,css,scss,js,cff}]
+[*.{md,yml,yaml,html,css,scss,js}]
 indent_size = 2
 
 # These files are edited and tested upstream in nf-core/modules