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diff --git a/Lib/ast.py b/Lib/ast.py
index d595c05..aab61d7 100644
--- a/Lib/ast.py
+++ b/Lib/ast.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """
     ast
     ~~~
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_msi.py b/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_msi.py
index 8a458d8..b11957a 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_msi.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_msi.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Copyright (C) 2005, 2006 Martin von Löwis
 # Licensed to PSF under a Contributor Agreement.
 # The bdist_wininst command proper
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_dist.py b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_dist.py
index 3b7637f..007803e 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_dist.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_dist.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf8 -*-
 """Tests for distutils.dist."""
 import os
 import io
diff --git a/Lib/encodings/punycode.py b/Lib/encodings/punycode.py
index 8129af2..66c5101 100644
--- a/Lib/encodings/punycode.py
+++ b/Lib/encodings/punycode.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """ Codec for the Punicode encoding, as specified in RFC 3492
 
 Written by Martin v. Löwis.
diff --git a/Lib/getopt.py b/Lib/getopt.py
index ac77126..980861d 100644
--- a/Lib/getopt.py
+++ b/Lib/getopt.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """Parser for command line options.
 
 This module helps scripts to parse the command line arguments in
diff --git a/Lib/msilib/__init__.py b/Lib/msilib/__init__.py
index 114a1c7..bd3e1f2 100644
--- a/Lib/msilib/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/msilib/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Copyright (C) 2005 Martin v. Löwis
 # Licensed to PSF under a Contributor Agreement.
 from _msi import *
diff --git a/Lib/sqlite3/__init__.py b/Lib/sqlite3/__init__.py
index 4b64833..6c91df2 100644
--- a/Lib/sqlite3/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/sqlite3/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-#-*- coding: ISO-8859-1 -*-
 # pysqlite2/__init__.py: the pysqlite2 package.
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2005 Gerhard Häring <gh@ghaering.de>
+# Copyright (C) 2005 Gerhard Häring <gh@ghaering.de>
 #
 # This file is part of pysqlite.
 #
diff --git a/Lib/sqlite3/dbapi2.py b/Lib/sqlite3/dbapi2.py
index d051f04..6c121a5 100644
--- a/Lib/sqlite3/dbapi2.py
+++ b/Lib/sqlite3/dbapi2.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-#-*- coding: ISO-8859-1 -*-
 # pysqlite2/dbapi2.py: the DB-API 2.0 interface
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Gerhard Häring <gh@ghaering.de>
+# Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Gerhard Häring <gh@ghaering.de>
 #
 # This file is part of pysqlite.
 #