diff --git a/designateclient/tests/base.py b/designateclient/tests/base.py
index 34f0c7bc..e006861e 100644
--- a/designateclient/tests/base.py
+++ b/designateclient/tests/base.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-
 # Copyright 2010-2011 OpenStack Foundation
 # Copyright (c) 2015 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
 #
diff --git a/designateclient/tests/test_designateclient.py b/designateclient/tests/test_designateclient.py
index e194005f..cbd3a356 100644
--- a/designateclient/tests/test_designateclient.py
+++ b/designateclient/tests/test_designateclient.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
 # not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
 # a copy of the License at