diff --git a/doc/emacs/README.md b/doc/emacs/README.md
index 39bc1112ca..3e8ff6f04d 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/README.md
+++ b/doc/emacs/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1 @@
-To use this emacs syntax file, add this to your emacs configuration file:
-
-```emacs
-(add-to-list 'load-path "/path/to/zig/doc/emacs/")
-(autoload 'zig-mode "zig-mode" nil t)
-(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.zig\\'" . zig-mode))
-```
+https://github.com/AndreaOrru/zig-mode
diff --git a/doc/emacs/zig-mode.el b/doc/emacs/zig-mode.el
deleted file mode 100644
index df94a44bd4..0000000000
--- a/doc/emacs/zig-mode.el
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-(setq zig
-      '(("\\b\\(@sizeOf\\|@alignOf\\|@maxValue\\|@minValue\\|@memberCount\\|@typeOf\\|@addWithOverflow\\|@subWithOverflow\\|@mulWithOverflow\\|@shlWithOverflow\\|@cInclude\\|@cDefine\\|@cUndef\\|@compileVar\\|@generatedCode\\|@ctz\\|@clz\\|@import\\|@cImport\\|@errorName\\|@typeName\\|@isInteger\\|@isFloat\\|@canImplicitCast\\|@embedFile\\|@cmpxchg\\|@fence\\|@divExact\\|@truncate\\|@compileError\\|@compileLog\\|@intType\\|@unreachable\\|@setDebugSafety\\|@alloca\\|@setGlobalAlign\\|@setGlobalLinkage\\|@setGlobalSection\\)" . font-lock-builtin-face)
-
-("\\b\\(fn\\|use\\|while\\|for\\|break\\|continue\\|goto\\|if\\|else\\|switch\\|try\\|return\\|defer\\|asm\\|unreachable\\|const\\|var\\|extern\\|packed\\|export\\|pub\\|noalias\\|inline\\|comptime\\|nakedcc\\|coldcc\\|volatile\\|struct\\|enum\\|union\\)\\b" . font-lock-keyword-face)
-
-        ("\\b\\(null\\|undefined\\|this\\)\\b" . font-lock-constant-face)
-
-("\\b\\(bool\\|f32\\|f64\\|void\\|Unreachable\\|type\\|error\\|i8\\|\\|u8\\|\\|i16\\|\\|u16\\|\\|i32\\|\\|u32\\|\\|64\\|u64\\|isize\\|usize\\|c_short\\|c_ushort\\|c_int\\|c_uint\\|c_long\\|c_ulong\\|c_longlong\\|c_ulonglong\\|c_long_double\\)\\b" . font-lock-type-face)
-
-        ))
-    
-
-
-(define-derived-mode zig-mode c-mode "zig mode"
-  "Major mode for editing Zig language"
-  (setq font-lock-defaults '(zig)))
-
-(provide 'zig-mode)