diff --git a/share/skel/dot.cshrc b/share/skel/dot.cshrc
index d8a402cab7e5..5a4d35905ed5 100644
--- a/share/skel/dot.cshrc
+++ b/share/skel/dot.cshrc
@@ -12,25 +12,8 @@ setenv	BLOCKSIZE	K
 
 if ($?prompt) then
 	# An interactive shell -- set some stuff up
-	
-	set noglob; eval `tset -s`; unset noglob
-	stty -istrip
-	
 	set filec
 	set history = 100
 	set savehist = 100
 	set mail = (/var/mail/$USER)
-
-	# customize prompt - works with tcsh only
-	set machine = `hostname -s`
-	if ("$TERM" == xterm) then
-		alias cwdcmd 'echo -n "]0;${USER}@${machine}: `dirs`"'
-		set prompt = "> "
-	else
-		alias cwdcmd 'set prompt = "${USER}@${machine}:${cwd}> "'
-	endif
-	cwdcmd
-
-	# fix broken prompt after su
-	alias su 'su \!* ; cwdcmd'
 endif
diff --git a/share/skel/dot.login b/share/skel/dot.login
index 21d3df0f2110..3c6fd000c71d 100644
--- a/share/skel/dot.login
+++ b/share/skel/dot.login
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 # csh .login file
 #
 
-stty crt erase 
-# PATH und MANPATH Grundeinstellung
 set path = (/sbin /bin /usr/sbin /usr/bin /usr/games /usr/local/bin /usr/X11R6/bin $HOME/bin)
 setenv MANPATH "/usr/share/man:/usr/X11R6/man:/usr/local/man"
 
@@ -12,8 +10,7 @@ set path = ($path /usr/local/interviews/bin/$CPU)
 setenv MANPATH "${MANPATH}:/usr/local/interviews/man"
 
 # 8-bit locale (germany)
-#setenv ENABLE_STARTUP_LOCALE
-#setenv LANG de_DE.ISO8859-1
+#setenv LANG de_DE.ISO_8859-1
 
 # A rightous umask
 umask 22
diff --git a/share/skel/dot.profile b/share/skel/dot.profile
index 7b74329b83c2..d3b76035f7a2 100644
--- a/share/skel/dot.profile
+++ b/share/skel/dot.profile
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-#	$Id: dot.profile,v 1.8 1994/10/27 05:27:00 phk Exp $
+#	$Id: dot.profile,v 1.9 1995/12/01 20:12:01 jkh Exp $
 #
 PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin
-echo 'erase ^H, kill ^U, intr ^C'
-stty crt erase ^H kill ^U intr ^C
 export PATH
 TERM=cons25
 export TERM