diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/channel9.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/channel9.py
index 1fce59dbad..3867d78505 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/channel9.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/channel9.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# encoding: utf-8
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import re