diff --git a/vim/.vimrc b/vim/.vimrc
index 22fe6d636dddb8701ff5764b65d5946a041afa17..d13f740f164835760f8f840f1210e5ffe6f351f9 100644
--- a/vim/.vimrc
+++ b/vim/.vimrc
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ set shiftwidth=4            " indent using '>' uses 4 spaces
 set softtabstop=4
 set expandtab               " tabs => spaces
 set smartindent
-set number                  " line numbers (set nu)
+"set number                  " line numbers (set nu)
 set nowrap                  " no wrapping of long lines
 
 set noswapfile