diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5186945c..fe4d309e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Inspired from [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 ### Changed
 ### Deprecated
 ### Removed
-- Removed unnecessary `# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-` headers from .py files ([#615](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-py/pull/615))
+- Removed unnecessary `# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-` headers from .py files ([#615](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-py/pull/615), [#617](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-py/pull/617))
 ### Fixed
 ### Security
 
diff --git a/utils/license_headers.py b/utils/license_headers.py
index 903f176d..575e9868 100644
--- a/utils/license_headers.py
+++ b/utils/license_headers.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 #
 # The OpenSearch Contributors require contributions made to
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@
 import sys
 from typing import Iterator, List
 
-LINES_TO_KEEP = ["# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-", "#!/usr/bin/env python"]
+LINES_TO_KEEP = ["#!/usr/bin/env python"]
 
 LICENSE_HEADER = """
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0