diff --git a/init.d/text/common.el b/init.d/text/common.el
index b3542c9..490c39a 100644
--- a/init.d/text/common.el
+++ b/init.d/text/common.el
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;; common.el --- Common settings for text files. -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
 
-;; Time-stamp: <2020-01-23T02:40:52+0100>
+;; Time-stamp: <2020-01-27T01:53:16+0100>
 
 ;;; Commentary:
 
@@ -260,8 +260,9 @@
 
   (defun my/ws-load-local-vars-first ()
     "Loads local variables (fill-column) before enabling whitespace-mode."
-    (hack-local-variables)
-    (whitespace-mode)
+    (when (< emacs-major-version 27)  ; We don't use 'lines-tail in Emacs >= 27.
+      (hack-local-variables)
+      (whitespace-mode))
     )
 
   (defvar my/no-ws-cleanup nil