diff --git a/src/borg/chunker.pyx b/src/borg/chunker.pyx
index d9c31d3e3..f11e93b2d 100644
--- a/src/borg/chunker.pyx
+++ b/src/borg/chunker.pyx
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-
 API_VERSION = '1.2_01'
 
 import errno
diff --git a/src/borg/hashindex.pyx b/src/borg/hashindex.pyx
index 15b59b5da..3df89f365 100644
--- a/src/borg/hashindex.pyx
+++ b/src/borg/hashindex.pyx
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 from collections import namedtuple
 
 cimport cython