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diff --git a/pygments/modeline.py b/pygments/modeline.py
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-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-"""
-    pygments.modeline
-    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-    A simple modeline parser (based on pymodeline).
-
-    :copyright: Copyright 2006-2019 by the Pygments team, see AUTHORS.
-    :license: BSD, see LICENSE for details.
-"""
-
-import re
-
-__all__ = ['get_filetype_from_buffer']
-
-
-modeline_re = re.compile(r'''
-    (?: vi | vim | ex ) (?: [<=>]? \d* )? :
-    .* (?: ft | filetype | syn | syntax ) = ( [^:\s]+ )
-''', re.VERBOSE)
-
-
-def get_filetype_from_line(l):
-    m = modeline_re.search(l)
-    if m:
-        return m.group(1)
-
-
-def get_filetype_from_buffer(buf, max_lines=5):
-    """
-    Scan the buffer for modelines and return filetype if one is found.
-    """
-    lines = buf.splitlines()
-    for l in lines[-1:-max_lines-1:-1]:
-        ret = get_filetype_from_line(l)
-        if ret:
-            return ret
-    for i in range(max_lines, -1, -1):
-        if i < len(lines):
-            ret = get_filetype_from_line(lines[i])
-            if ret:
-                return ret
-
-    return None