1 files changed, 1 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/sh-script.el b/lisp/progmodes/sh-script.el
index 5d00037484a..e26bd48beab 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/sh-script.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/sh-script.el
@@ -1297,12 +1297,7 @@ with your script for an edit-interpret-debug cycle."
                   "rpm")))))
     (if interpreter
         (sh-set-shell interpreter nil nil)
-      (progn
-        ;; If we don't know the shell for this file, set the syntax
-        ;; table anyway, for the user's normal choice of shell.
-        (set-syntax-table (sh-feature sh-mode-syntax-table))
-        ;; And avoid indent-new-comment-line (at least) losing.
-        (setq comment-start-skip "#+[\t ]*"))))
+      (sh-set-shell sh-shell-file nil t))
   (run-hooks 'sh-mode-hook))
 ;;;###autoload
 (defalias 'shell-script-mode 'sh-mode)