diff --git a/modules/org-mode/siren-org-mode.el b/modules/org-mode/siren-org-mode.el
index 4b5f644..234402e 100644
--- a/modules/org-mode/siren-org-mode.el
+++ b/modules/org-mode/siren-org-mode.el
@@ -78,8 +78,7 @@
   :preface
   (defun siren-org-mode-setup ()
     (setq fill-column 80
-          whitespace-action '(auto-cleanup)
-          tab-width 2)
+          whitespace-action '(auto-cleanup))
 
     (setcar (nthcdr 4 org-emphasis-regexp-components) 20)
     (org-set-emph-re 'org-emphasis-regexp-components