diff --git a/Lib/test/test_tokenize.py b/Lib/test/test_tokenize.py
index 4b56699c72142a8f2da0ebb073f0c9d5222c029a..f72b2c64838b4bacb940466100cc682e7e8d26b5 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_tokenize.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_tokenize.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-
 doctests = """
 Tests for the tokenize module.