diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/plugin.xml b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/plugin.xml
index 38464aef3ed..618b370ebfd 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/plugin.xml
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/plugin.xml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
          <export name="*"/>
       </library>
    </runtime>
+
 <!-- ======================================================================= -->
 <!-- The C Plugin                                                            -->
 <!-- ======================================================================= -->
@@ -103,57 +104,23 @@
             class="org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.make.MakeBuilder">
       </run>
    </extension>
-<!-- Some well known C file extensions -->
-   <extension
-         point="org.eclipse.team.core.fileTypes">
-      <fileTypes
-            type="text"
-            extension="c">
-      </fileTypes>
-      <fileTypes
-            type="text"
-            extension="cc">
-      </fileTypes>
-      <fileTypes
-            type="text"
-            extension="cpp">
-      </fileTypes>
-      <fileTypes
-            type="text"
-            extension="cxx">
-      </fileTypes>
-      <fileTypes
-            type="text"
-            extension="h">
-      </fileTypes>
-      <fileTypes
-            type="text"
-            extension="hh">
-      </fileTypes>
-      <fileTypes
-            type="binary"
-            extension="o">
-      </fileTypes>
-      <fileTypes
-            type="binary"
-            extension="a">
-      </fileTypes>
-      <fileTypes
-            type="binary"
-            extension="so">
-      </fileTypes>
-      <fileTypes
-            type="binary"
-            extension="dll">
-      </fileTypes>
-      <fileTypes
-            type="binary"
-            extension="exe">
-      </fileTypes>
-      <fileTypes
-            type="binary"
-            extension="com">
-      </fileTypes>
+
+<!-- ================================================== -->
+<!-- Some well known C file extensions                  -->
+<!-- ================================================== -->
+   <extension point="org.eclipse.team.core.fileTypes">
+      <fileTypes extension="c" type="text"/>
+      <fileTypes extension="cc" type="text"/>
+      <fileTypes extension="cpp" type="text"/>
+      <fileTypes extension="cxx" type="text"/>
+      <fileTypes extension="h" type="text"/>
+      <fileTypes extension="hh" type="text"/>
+      <fileTypes extension="o" type="binary"/>
+      <fileTypes extension="a" type="binary"/>
+      <fileTypes extension="so" type="binary"/>
+      <fileTypes extension="dll" type="binary"/>
+      <fileTypes extension="exe" type="binary"/>
+      <fileTypes extension="com" type="binary"/>
    </extension>
 
 </plugin>