diff --git a/vimfiles.stefan/ftdetect/scons.vim b/vimfiles.stefan/ftdetect/scons.vim
index e585be0..b4b39b0 100644
--- a/vimfiles.stefan/ftdetect/scons.vim
+++ b/vimfiles.stefan/ftdetect/scons.vim
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile   SConstruct  setlocal filetype=scons
-autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile   SConscript  setlocal filetype=scons
-autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile *.SConscript  setlocal filetype=scons
+autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile   SConstruct  setlocal filetype=python
+autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile   SConscript  setlocal filetype=python
+autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile *.SConscript  setlocal filetype=python
diff --git a/vimfiles.stefan/ftplugin/scons.vim b/vimfiles.stefan/ftplugin/scons.vim
deleted file mode 100644
index 7335034..0000000
--- a/vimfiles.stefan/ftplugin/scons.vim
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-" Stefans scons-file plugin
-
-" don't use spaces for tabs
-setlocal expandtab
-setlocal tabstop=4
-setlocal shiftwidth=4
-setlocal formatoptions=croq
-
-" commenting
-let b:commentstring = '#'
-
-" Grep options
-"let b:GrepFiles = '*.py'