diff --git a/rc/base/d.kak b/rc/base/d.kak
index a080a776..8822d9a6 100644
--- a/rc/base/d.kak
+++ b/rc/base/d.kak
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ hook global WinSetOption filetype=d %{
     hook window InsertChar \{ -group d-indent _d-indent-on-opening-curly-brace
     hook window InsertChar \} -group d-indent _d-indent-on-closing-curly-brace
 
-    set window formatcmd "dfmt"
     set window comment_selection_chars "/+:+/"
 }
 
diff --git a/rc/base/go.kak b/rc/base/go.kak
index bbb83092..c4b20791 100644
--- a/rc/base/go.kak
+++ b/rc/base/go.kak
@@ -92,8 +92,6 @@ hook global WinSetOption filetype=go %{
     hook window InsertChar \n -group go-indent _go-indent-on-new-line
     hook window InsertChar \{ -group go-indent _go-indent-on-opening-curly-brace
     hook window InsertChar \} -group go-indent _go-indent-on-closing-curly-brace
-
-    set window formatcmd "gofmt"
 }
 
 hook -group go-highlight global WinSetOption filetype=(?!go).* %{ rmhl go }
diff --git a/rc/base/perl.kak b/rc/base/perl.kak
index 086ec4e4..2c7b0009 100644
--- a/rc/base/perl.kak
+++ b/rc/base/perl.kak
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ hook global WinSetOption filetype=perl %{
     hook window InsertChar \{ -group perl-indent _perl-indent-on-opening-curly-brace
     hook window InsertChar \} -group perl-indent _perl-indent-on-closing-curly-brace
 
-    set window formatcmd "perltidy"
     set window comment_selection_chars ""
     set window comment_line_chars "#"
 }
diff --git a/rc/base/ruby.kak b/rc/base/ruby.kak
index a4e8b181..82984197 100644
--- a/rc/base/ruby.kak
+++ b/rc/base/ruby.kak
@@ -161,11 +161,6 @@ hook global WinSetOption filetype=ruby %{
 
     set window comment_line_chars '#'
     set window comment_selection_chars '^begin=:^=end'
-
-    # Rubocop requires a filepath that will be used when generating the errors summary,
-    # even though it's reading anonymous data on stdin
-    # It also leaves an ugly separator on the first line on the output
-    set window formatcmd 'rubocop --auto-correct --stdin - -o /dev/null | sed 1d'
 }
 
 hook -group ruby-highlight global WinSetOption filetype=(?!ruby).* %{ rmhl ruby }
diff --git a/rc/core/c-family.kak b/rc/core/c-family.kak
index 293c7335..e8c81613 100644
--- a/rc/core/c-family.kak
+++ b/rc/core/c-family.kak
@@ -240,8 +240,6 @@ hook global WinSetOption filetype=(c|cpp|objc) %[
     hook -group c-family-insert window InsertChar \n _c-family-insert-on-newline
 
     alias window alt c-family-alternative-file
-
-    set window formatcmd "astyle"
 ]
 
 hook global WinSetOption filetype=(?!(c|cpp|objc)$).* %[
diff --git a/rc/core/python.kak b/rc/core/python.kak
index 69da651a..42d9d449 100644
--- a/rc/core/python.kak
+++ b/rc/core/python.kak
@@ -75,8 +75,6 @@ hook global WinSetOption filetype=python %{
     hook window InsertChar \n -group python-indent _python_indent_on_new_line
     # cleanup trailing whitespaces on current line insert end
     hook window InsertEnd .* -group python-indent %{ try %{ exec -draft \; <a-x> s ^\h+$ <ret> d } }
-
-    set window formatcmd "autopep8 -"
 }
 
 hook -group python-highlight global WinSetOption filetype=(?!python).* %{ rmhl python }