diff --git a/autoload/airline/extensions.vim b/autoload/airline/extensions.vim
index 5ae3d24c..22a91cfe 100644
--- a/autoload/airline/extensions.vim
+++ b/autoload/airline/extensions.vim
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ let s:script_path = tolower(resolve(expand('<sfile>:p:h')))
 let s:filetype_overrides = {
       \ 'nerdtree': [ 'NERD', '' ],
       \ 'gundo': [ 'Gundo', '' ],
-      \ 'diff': [ 'diff', '' ],
       \ 'vimfiler': [ 'vimfiler', '%{vimfiler#get_status_string()}' ],
       \ 'minibufexpl': [ 'MiniBufExplorer', '' ],
       \ 'startify': [ 'startify', '' ],