diff --git a/tests/test_compaction.py b/tests/test_compaction.py
index e00a4f9..cc0a8e7 100644
--- a/tests/test_compaction.py
+++ b/tests/test_compaction.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 import pytest
 
 from pdf417gen.compaction import compact, compact_bytes, compact_numbers, compact_text
diff --git a/tests/test_encode.py b/tests/test_encode.py
index 11961dd..74fb2fc 100644
--- a/tests/test_encode.py
+++ b/tests/test_encode.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-
 import pytest
 
 from pdf417gen.compaction import TEXT_LATCH, NUMERIC_LATCH