diff --git a/ironic/common/fsm.py b/ironic/common/fsm.py
index 9bd103a262..6aab03128e 100644
--- a/ironic/common/fsm.py
+++ b/ironic/common/fsm.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-
 #    Copyright (C) 2014 Yahoo! Inc. All Rights Reserved.
 #
 #    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
diff --git a/ironic/tests/unit/common/test_fsm.py b/ironic/tests/unit/common/test_fsm.py
index 9f0844c2ed..31c2f9e9d4 100644
--- a/ironic/tests/unit/common/test_fsm.py
+++ b/ironic/tests/unit/common/test_fsm.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-
 #    Copyright (C) 2014 Yahoo! Inc. All Rights Reserved.
 #
 #    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
diff --git a/ironic/tests/unit/common/test_states.py b/ironic/tests/unit/common/test_states.py
index 8b38fa504f..577fd52d3f 100644
--- a/ironic/tests/unit/common/test_states.py
+++ b/ironic/tests/unit/common/test_states.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-
 #    Copyright (C) 2015 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
 #
 #    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
diff --git a/ironic/tests/unit/drivers/modules/test_agent_base_vendor.py b/ironic/tests/unit/drivers/modules/test_agent_base_vendor.py
index a52c3c1620..46b8e325d2 100644
--- a/ironic/tests/unit/drivers/modules/test_agent_base_vendor.py
+++ b/ironic/tests/unit/drivers/modules/test_agent_base_vendor.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-#
 # Copyright 2015 Red Hat, Inc.
 # All Rights Reserved.
 #