diff --git a/tests/data/packages/HackedEggInfo/setup.py b/tests/data/packages/HackedEggInfo/setup.py
index 171f5a2a34b..9e872e0b54f 100644
--- a/tests/data/packages/HackedEggInfo/setup.py
+++ b/tests/data/packages/HackedEggInfo/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-
 from setuptools import setup
 from setuptools.command import egg_info as orig_egg_info
 
diff --git a/tests/data/packages/SetupPyUTF8/setup.py b/tests/data/packages/SetupPyUTF8/setup.py
index 9b65f5e79fc..1962a0060fd 100644
--- a/tests/data/packages/SetupPyUTF8/setup.py
+++ b/tests/data/packages/SetupPyUTF8/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-
 from distutils.core import setup
 
 setup(name="SetupPyUTF8",
diff --git a/tests/data/src/prjwithdatafile/setup.py b/tests/data/src/prjwithdatafile/setup.py
index 94863b57b01..240b7ea10c5 100755
--- a/tests/data/src/prjwithdatafile/setup.py
+++ b/tests/data/src/prjwithdatafile/setup.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 from setuptools import setup
 
 setup(