diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index d80336e37..777416adf 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-#
 # documentation build configuration file, created by
 # sphinx-quickstart on Sat Sep 10 18:18:25 2011.
 #
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 215caac77..3b47e45f2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# -*- encoding: utf-8 *-*
 import os
 import io
 import re
diff --git a/setup_docs.py b/setup_docs.py
index 0120f0d68..f29c66c25 100644
--- a/setup_docs.py
+++ b/setup_docs.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# -*- encoding: utf-8 *-*
 # Support code for building docs (build_usage, build_man)
 
 import os