diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 34908a1..5bf5fc7 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
 # wolfcrypt documentation build configuration file, created by
 # sphinx-quickstart on Fri Apr 29 16:47:53 2016.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 805262c..c70e0a8 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2006-2022 wolfSSL Inc.
 #