diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 31edb2c..79bbeb9 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
 # BigchainDB Javascript Driver documentation build configuration file, created by
 # sphinx-quickstart on Wed Aug  2 15:39:03 2017.