diff --git a/scripts/powerline b/scripts/powerline
index 925ee438..8cb88935 100755
--- a/scripts/powerline
+++ b/scripts/powerline
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# vim:fileencoding=utf-8:noet
 '''Powerline prompt and statusline script.'''
 import sys
 import os
diff --git a/scripts/powerline-lint b/scripts/powerline-lint
index 6d2df701..6d20e38f 100755
--- a/scripts/powerline-lint
+++ b/scripts/powerline-lint
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# vim:fileencoding=utf-8:noet
 '''Powerline configuration checker.'''
 import argparse
 from powerline.lint import check