diff --git a/IPython/nbformat/validator.py b/IPython/nbformat/validator.py
index d330ca1..84c12ff 100644
--- a/IPython/nbformat/validator.py
+++ b/IPython/nbformat/validator.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 from __future__ import print_function
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-# -*- coding: utf8 -*-
 import json
 import os