diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index fb959190f51193bc798116b74b0cb1536f7af029..84036cd4f1c5f1e8a4bd3273969dc214ef7f11ca 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# coding: utf-8
 # Represents a user. Most of the User's logic is controlled by Devise and its overrides. A user, as far as the
 # application code (i.e. excluding Devise) is concerned, has many questions, answers, and votes.
 class User < ApplicationRecord