diff --git a/google-api-client.gemspec b/google-api-client.gemspec
index 01f037096..707b750c7 100644
--- a/google-api-client.gemspec
+++ b/google-api-client.gemspec
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# coding: utf-8
 lib = File.expand_path('../lib', __FILE__)
 $LOAD_PATH.unshift(lib) unless $LOAD_PATH.include?(lib)
 require 'google/apis/version'
diff --git a/spec/google/api_client/client_secrets_spec.rb b/spec/google/api_client/client_secrets_spec.rb
index 8964c7d94..30c64c4cc 100644
--- a/spec/google/api_client/client_secrets_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/google/api_client/client_secrets_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# encoding:utf-8
-
 # Copyright 2013 Google Inc.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");