diff --git a/boot/boot.css.tid b/boot/boot.css
similarity index 96%
rename from boot/boot.css.tid
rename to boot/boot.css
index 27c8884cd..c0d15f1e3 100644
--- a/boot/boot.css.tid
+++ b/boot/boot.css
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-title: $:/boot/boot.css
-type: text/css
-
 /*
 Basic styles used before we boot up the parsing engine
 */
diff --git a/boot/tiddlywiki.files b/boot/tiddlywiki.files
index 5e9c3d393..38ab5adde 100644
--- a/boot/tiddlywiki.files
+++ b/boot/tiddlywiki.files
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 			}
 		},
 		{
-			"file": "boot.css.tid",
+			"file": "boot.css",
 			"fields": {
 				"title": "$:/boot/boot.css",
 				"type": "text/css"