diff --git a/doc/contributor-guide/source/docs-builds.rst b/doc/contributor-guide/source/docs-builds.rst
index 7f1d69aac6..976aaed914 100644
--- a/doc/contributor-guide/source/docs-builds.rst
+++ b/doc/contributor-guide/source/docs-builds.rst
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ command from the base directory of repository:
 
    $ tox
 
-The following individual checks are also availableː
+The following individual checks are also available:
 
 * :command:`tox -e checkniceness` - to run the niceness tests (for example,
   to see extra whitespaces)
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 1b61400ebf..a77df98cc6 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@
 # process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
 pbr>=2.0 # Apache-2.0
 
-# chardet 3.0.0 and 3.0.1 are broken, blacklist them.
-chardet!=3.0.1,!=3.0.0
-
 # Hacking already pins down pep8, pyflakes and flake8
 hacking>=0.12.0,!=0.13.0,<0.14  # Apache-2.0