diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index 40ee52c78..19ede311b 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-#
 # nova documentation build configuration file, created by
 # sphinx-quickstart on Sat May  1 15:17:47 2010.
 #