diff --git a/attributes/default.rb b/attributes/default.rb
index c4042d6..e55a9c7 100644
--- a/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/attributes/default.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# encoding: UTF-8
 #
 # Cookbook:: openstack-ops-database
 # Recipe:: default
diff --git a/attributes/mysql.rb b/attributes/mysql.rb
index 4a2c816..ad07f7e 100644
--- a/attributes/mysql.rb
+++ b/attributes/mysql.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# encoding: UTF-8
 #
 # Cookbook:: openstack-ops-database
 # Recipe:: default
diff --git a/recipes/client.rb b/recipes/client.rb
index f2667b5..1175f42 100644
--- a/recipes/client.rb
+++ b/recipes/client.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# encoding: UTF-8
 #
 # Cookbook:: openstack-ops-database
 # Recipe:: client
diff --git a/recipes/mariadb-client.rb b/recipes/mariadb-client.rb
index 98a3b80..c3fd96f 100644
--- a/recipes/mariadb-client.rb
+++ b/recipes/mariadb-client.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# encoding: UTF-8
 #
 # Cookbook:: openstack-ops-database
 # Recipe:: mariadb-client
diff --git a/recipes/mariadb-cluster-client.rb b/recipes/mariadb-cluster-client.rb
index 7c9f052..f2c1104 100644
--- a/recipes/mariadb-cluster-client.rb
+++ b/recipes/mariadb-cluster-client.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# encoding: UTF-8
 #
 # Cookbook:: openstack-ops-database
 # Recipe:: mariadb-cluster-client
diff --git a/recipes/mariadb-cluster-server.rb b/recipes/mariadb-cluster-server.rb
index 39889bf..088e761 100644
--- a/recipes/mariadb-cluster-server.rb
+++ b/recipes/mariadb-cluster-server.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# encoding: UTF-8
 #
 # Cookbook:: openstack-ops-database
 # Recipe:: mariadb-cluster-server
diff --git a/recipes/mariadb-server.rb b/recipes/mariadb-server.rb
index 2e8ef03..7439639 100644
--- a/recipes/mariadb-server.rb
+++ b/recipes/mariadb-server.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# encoding: UTF-8
 #
 # Cookbook:: openstack-ops-database
 # Recipe:: mariadb-server
diff --git a/recipes/openstack-db.rb b/recipes/openstack-db.rb
index de8aac8..fde6d5a 100644
--- a/recipes/openstack-db.rb
+++ b/recipes/openstack-db.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# encoding: UTF-8
 #
 # Cookbook:: openstack-ops-database
 # Recipe:: openstack-db
diff --git a/recipes/server.rb b/recipes/server.rb
index d8874c8..31bb6fe 100644
--- a/recipes/server.rb
+++ b/recipes/server.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# encoding: UTF-8
 #
 # Cookbook:: openstack-ops-database
 # Recipe:: server
diff --git a/spec/client_spec.rb b/spec/client_spec.rb
index c33c956..4412c21 100644
--- a/spec/client_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/client_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# encoding: UTF-8
-
 require_relative 'spec_helper'
 
 describe 'openstack-ops-database::client' do
diff --git a/spec/mariadb-client-redhat_spec.rb b/spec/mariadb-client-redhat_spec.rb
index 90ae1c1..de85b95 100644
--- a/spec/mariadb-client-redhat_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/mariadb-client-redhat_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# encoding: UTF-8
-
 require_relative 'spec_helper'
 
 describe 'openstack-ops-database::mariadb-client' do
diff --git a/spec/mariadb-client_spec.rb b/spec/mariadb-client_spec.rb
index 7f00d3d..c39cbd6 100644
--- a/spec/mariadb-client_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/mariadb-client_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# encoding: UTF-8
-
 require_relative 'spec_helper'
 
 describe 'openstack-ops-database::mariadb-client' do
diff --git a/spec/mariadb-cluster-server_spec.rb b/spec/mariadb-cluster-server_spec.rb
index c4493d9..b1588d3 100644
--- a/spec/mariadb-cluster-server_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/mariadb-cluster-server_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# encoding: UTF-8
-
 require_relative 'spec_helper'
 
 describe 'openstack-ops-database::mariadb-cluster-server' do
diff --git a/spec/mariadb-server_spec.rb b/spec/mariadb-server_spec.rb
index 8d6c1ca..3ee814c 100644
--- a/spec/mariadb-server_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/mariadb-server_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# encoding: UTF-8
-
 require_relative 'spec_helper'
 
 describe 'openstack-ops-database::mariadb-server' do
diff --git a/spec/openstack-db_spec.rb b/spec/openstack-db_spec.rb
index 9c814a7..597027f 100644
--- a/spec/openstack-db_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/openstack-db_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# encoding: UTF-8
-
 require_relative 'spec_helper'
 
 describe 'openstack-ops-database::openstack-db' do
diff --git a/spec/server_spec.rb b/spec/server_spec.rb
index a38759a..11de810 100644
--- a/spec/server_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/server_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# encoding: UTF-8
-
 require_relative 'spec_helper'
 
 describe 'openstack-ops-database::server' do
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 073f32a..6d0e06a 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# encoding: UTF-8
 require 'chefspec'
 require 'chefspec/berkshelf'