diff --git a/bileanclient/__init__.py b/bileanclient/__init__.py
index b6755db..63c17fb 100644
--- a/bileanclient/__init__.py
+++ b/bileanclient/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-#
 # Copyright 2013 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
 # All Rights Reserved.
 #
diff --git a/bileanclient/v1/client.py b/bileanclient/v1/client.py
index a1b04cd..b160ec9 100644
--- a/bileanclient/v1/client.py
+++ b/bileanclient/v1/client.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-#
 # Copyright 2012 OpenStack LLC.
 # All Rights Reserved.
 #
diff --git a/bileanclient/v1/policies.py b/bileanclient/v1/policies.py
index cfccc42..427b082 100644
--- a/bileanclient/v1/policies.py
+++ b/bileanclient/v1/policies.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-#
 # Copyright 2013 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
 #
 #    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
diff --git a/bileanclient/v1/resources.py b/bileanclient/v1/resources.py
index 2e980c3..242d8d4 100644
--- a/bileanclient/v1/resources.py
+++ b/bileanclient/v1/resources.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-#
 # Copyright 2013 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
 #
 #    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
diff --git a/bileanclient/v1/rules.py b/bileanclient/v1/rules.py
index 22154be..7ebb2ca 100644
--- a/bileanclient/v1/rules.py
+++ b/bileanclient/v1/rules.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-#
 # Copyright 2013 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
 #
 #    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
diff --git a/bileanclient/v1/shell.py b/bileanclient/v1/shell.py
index 5a30a16..b62aa2e 100644
--- a/bileanclient/v1/shell.py
+++ b/bileanclient/v1/shell.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
diff --git a/bileanclient/v1/users.py b/bileanclient/v1/users.py
index 4ff9a5d..5093976 100644
--- a/bileanclient/v1/users.py
+++ b/bileanclient/v1/users.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-#
 # Copyright 2013 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
 #
 #    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index f150d1e..4bf84f8 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-#
 # bileanclient documentation build configuration file, created by
 # sphinx-quickstart on Sun Apr 17 22:38:31 2016.
 #
diff --git a/tools/install_venv_common.py b/tools/install_venv_common.py
index 69a5fc9..8f54ce6 100644
--- a/tools/install_venv_common.py
+++ b/tools/install_venv_common.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-#
 # Copyright 2013 OpenStack Foundation
 # Copyright 2013 IBM Corp.
 #