diff --git a/config/initializers/haml.rb b/config/initializers/haml.rb
index 7e8ddb3716bad55ceaa5fef99c9f2334c8afa07e..1516476815a56e96907396b699a59de3b2f931c4 100644
--- a/config/initializers/haml.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/haml.rb
@@ -1 +1,7 @@
 Haml::Template.options[:ugly] = true
+
+# Remove the `:coffee` and `:coffeescript` filters
+#
+# See https://git.io/vztMu and http://stackoverflow.com/a/17571242/223897
+Haml::Filters.remove_filter('coffee')
+Haml::Filters.remove_filter('coffeescript')