diff --git a/doc/ext/cinder_todo.py b/doc/ext/cinder_todo.py
index 280ea926a..af2cfda56 100644
--- a/doc/ext/cinder_todo.py
+++ b/doc/ext/cinder_todo.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # This is a hack of the builtin todo extension, to make the todo_list
 # more user friendly
 
diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index 42a434041..3f535c821 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-#
 # cinder documentation build configuration file, created by
 # sphinx-quickstart on Sat May  1 15:17:47 2010.
 #