diff --git a/linux-xcompose/.XCompose b/linux-xcompose/.XCompose
index 123fe2fd..d5ed56f3 100644
--- a/linux-xcompose/.XCompose
+++ b/linux-xcompose/.XCompose
@@ -203,4 +203,3 @@ include "%L"
 <Multi_key> <3> <v> : "∛"  U221B         # cube root
 <Multi_key> <v> <4> : "∜"  U221C         # fourth root
 <Multi_key> <4> <v> : "∜"  U221C         # fourth root
-<Multi_key> <asciitilde> <asciitilde> : "≈"  U2248  # almost equal to
diff --git a/linux-xcompose/.XCompose_sw b/linux-xcompose/.XCompose_sw
index bee99959..19e9de2d 100644
--- a/linux-xcompose/.XCompose_sw
+++ b/linux-xcompose/.XCompose_sw
@@ -203,4 +203,3 @@ include "%L"
 <Multi_key> <3> <v> : "∛"  U221B         # cube root
 <Multi_key> <v> <4> : "∜"  U221C         # fourth root
 <Multi_key> <4> <v> : "∜"  U221C         # fourth root
-<Multi_key> <asciitilde> <asciitilde> : "≈"  U2248  # almost equal to