diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/coreutils/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/coreutils/package.py
index 8d90f99942e..5743bfdc577 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/coreutils/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/coreutils/package.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Copyright 2013-2020 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC and other
 # Spack Project Developers. See the top-level COPYRIGHT file for details.
 #
@@ -8,7 +7,6 @@
 
 
 class Coreutils(AutotoolsPackage, GNUMirrorPackage):
-
     """The GNU Core Utilities are the basic file, shell and text
        manipulation utilities of the GNU operating system.  These are
        the core utilities which are expected to exist on every