diff --git a/scour/scour.py b/scour/scour.py
index ca0c8ea..387f1ed 100644
--- a/scour/scour.py
+++ b/scour/scour.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 #  Scour
 #
diff --git a/scour/svg_transform.py b/scour/svg_transform.py
index 83454b3..fc3b5ff 100644
--- a/scour/svg_transform.py
+++ b/scour/svg_transform.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 #  SVG transformation list parser
 #
diff --git a/scour/yocto_css.py b/scour/yocto_css.py
index 0aaac5a..4975dbd 100644
--- a/scour/yocto_css.py
+++ b/scour/yocto_css.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 #  yocto-css, an extremely bare minimum CSS parser
 #
diff --git a/test_css.py b/test_css.py
index d7fd3e2..7b136ce 100755
--- a/test_css.py
+++ b/test_css.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 #  Test Harness for Scour
 #
diff --git a/test_scour.py b/test_scour.py
index 549333f..8e0ad73 100755
--- a/test_scour.py
+++ b/test_scour.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 #  Test Harness for Scour
 #