diff --git a/lib/rubygems/specification.rb b/lib/rubygems/specification.rb
index 43ab917d19..0d72cee51d 100644
--- a/lib/rubygems/specification.rb
+++ b/lib/rubygems/specification.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
 #--
 # Copyright 2006 by Chad Fowler, Rich Kilmer, Jim Weirich and others.
 # All rights reserved.