diff --git a/spacy/lang/eu/__init__.py b/spacy/lang/eu/__init__.py
index 4f3338c1d..352eb1548 100644
--- a/spacy/lang/eu/__init__.py
+++ b/spacy/lang/eu/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# coding: utf8
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from .stop_words import STOP_WORDS
 from .lex_attrs import LEX_ATTRS
 from .punctuation import TOKENIZER_SUFFIXES
diff --git a/spacy/lang/eu/examples.py b/spacy/lang/eu/examples.py
index 463494abd..3b9ef71b6 100644
--- a/spacy/lang/eu/examples.py
+++ b/spacy/lang/eu/examples.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# coding: utf8
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 """
 Example sentences to test spaCy and its language models.
 
diff --git a/spacy/lang/eu/lex_attrs.py b/spacy/lang/eu/lex_attrs.py
index 19b75c111..a3ab018ee 100644
--- a/spacy/lang/eu/lex_attrs.py
+++ b/spacy/lang/eu/lex_attrs.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# coding: utf8
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from ...attrs import LIKE_NUM
 
 # Source http://mylanguages.org/basque_numbers.php
diff --git a/spacy/lang/eu/punctuation.py b/spacy/lang/eu/punctuation.py
index b8b1a1c83..5d35d0a25 100644
--- a/spacy/lang/eu/punctuation.py
+++ b/spacy/lang/eu/punctuation.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# coding: utf8
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from ..punctuation import TOKENIZER_SUFFIXES
 
 
diff --git a/spacy/lang/eu/stop_words.py b/spacy/lang/eu/stop_words.py
index dda11a7fd..d213b5b81 100644
--- a/spacy/lang/eu/stop_words.py
+++ b/spacy/lang/eu/stop_words.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# encoding: utf8
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 # Source: https://github.com/stopwords-iso/stopwords-eu
 # https://www.ranks.nl/stopwords/basque
 # https://www.mustgo.com/worldlanguages/basque/
diff --git a/spacy/lang/eu/tag_map.py b/spacy/lang/eu/tag_map.py
index 2499d7e3e..e0940edb7 100644
--- a/spacy/lang/eu/tag_map.py
+++ b/spacy/lang/eu/tag_map.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# coding: utf8
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from ...symbols import POS, PUNCT, SYM, ADJ, CCONJ, NUM, DET, ADV, ADP, X, VERB
 from ...symbols import NOUN, PROPN, PART, INTJ, SPACE, PRON
 
diff --git a/spacy/lang/lij/__init__.py b/spacy/lang/lij/__init__.py
index 9b4b29798..a75f081bf 100644
--- a/spacy/lang/lij/__init__.py
+++ b/spacy/lang/lij/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# coding: utf8
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from .stop_words import STOP_WORDS
 from .tokenizer_exceptions import TOKENIZER_EXCEPTIONS
 from .punctuation import TOKENIZER_INFIXES
diff --git a/spacy/lang/lij/examples.py b/spacy/lang/lij/examples.py
index c4034ae7e..ba7fe43fd 100644
--- a/spacy/lang/lij/examples.py
+++ b/spacy/lang/lij/examples.py
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-# coding: utf8
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
-
 """
 Example sentences to test spaCy and its language models.
 
diff --git a/spacy/lang/lij/punctuation.py b/spacy/lang/lij/punctuation.py
index 4439376c8..d50b75589 100644
--- a/spacy/lang/lij/punctuation.py
+++ b/spacy/lang/lij/punctuation.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# coding: utf8
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from ..punctuation import TOKENIZER_INFIXES
 from ..char_classes import ALPHA
 
diff --git a/spacy/lang/lij/stop_words.py b/spacy/lang/lij/stop_words.py
index ffd53370d..1d6f09d27 100644
--- a/spacy/lang/lij/stop_words.py
+++ b/spacy/lang/lij/stop_words.py
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-# coding: utf8
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
-
 STOP_WORDS = set(
     """
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diff --git a/spacy/lang/lij/tokenizer_exceptions.py b/spacy/lang/lij/tokenizer_exceptions.py
index 2109add62..2befabca3 100644
--- a/spacy/lang/lij/tokenizer_exceptions.py
+++ b/spacy/lang/lij/tokenizer_exceptions.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# coding: utf8
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from ...symbols import ORTH, LEMMA
 
 _exc = {}
diff --git a/spacy/lang/lt/punctuation.py b/spacy/lang/lt/punctuation.py
index 5eedc8116..506aa8f32 100644
--- a/spacy/lang/lt/punctuation.py
+++ b/spacy/lang/lt/punctuation.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# coding: utf8
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from ..char_classes import LIST_ICONS, LIST_ELLIPSES
 from ..char_classes import CONCAT_QUOTES, ALPHA_LOWER, ALPHA_UPPER, ALPHA
 from ..char_classes import HYPHENS
diff --git a/spacy/lang/ro/punctuation.py b/spacy/lang/ro/punctuation.py
index 87f9a1248..529e1c977 100644
--- a/spacy/lang/ro/punctuation.py
+++ b/spacy/lang/ro/punctuation.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# coding: utf8
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import itertools
 
 from ..char_classes import LIST_PUNCT, LIST_ELLIPSES, LIST_QUOTES, LIST_CURRENCY
diff --git a/spacy/tests/lang/eu/test_text.py b/spacy/tests/lang/eu/test_text.py
index f448a7859..94d5ac91d 100644
--- a/spacy/tests/lang/eu/test_text.py
+++ b/spacy/tests/lang/eu/test_text.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# coding: utf-8
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import pytest
 
 
diff --git a/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue4725.py b/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue4725.py
index 57675a202..624eefb2c 100644
--- a/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue4725.py
+++ b/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue4725.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# coding: utf8
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import numpy
 
 from spacy.lang.en import English
diff --git a/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue4903.py b/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue4903.py
index d467b1cd6..a3dff16aa 100644
--- a/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue4903.py
+++ b/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue4903.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# coding: utf8
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from spacy.lang.en import English
 from spacy.tokens import Span, Doc
 
diff --git a/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue5048.py b/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue5048.py
index 228322493..bc52ae82f 100644
--- a/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue5048.py
+++ b/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue5048.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# coding: utf8
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import numpy
 from spacy.tokens import Doc
 from spacy.attrs import DEP, POS, TAG
diff --git a/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue5082.py b/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue5082.py
index efa5d39f2..52a52b177 100644
--- a/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue5082.py
+++ b/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue5082.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# coding: utf8
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import numpy as np
 from spacy.lang.en import English
 from spacy.pipeline import EntityRuler