diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 5f4622802..84554793f 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-#
 # fsspec documentation build configuration file, created by
 # sphinx-quickstart on Mon Jan 15 18:11:02 2018.
 #
diff --git a/fsspec/implementations/tests/test_smb.py b/fsspec/implementations/tests/test_smb.py
index 10fe20461..85ee27577 100644
--- a/fsspec/implementations/tests/test_smb.py
+++ b/fsspec/implementations/tests/test_smb.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """
 Test SMBFileSystem class using a docker container
 """