diff --git a/hwdb/parse_hwdb.py b/hwdb/parse_hwdb.py
index 89efc28925..d84fba2221 100755
--- a/hwdb/parse_hwdb.py
+++ b/hwdb/parse_hwdb.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-# -*- Mode: python; coding: utf-8; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*- */
-#  SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 #
 # This file is distributed under the MIT license, see below.
 #
diff --git a/src/test/test-systemd-tmpfiles.py b/src/test/test-systemd-tmpfiles.py
index 28dadd0c5b..83a66e8772 100755
--- a/src/test/test-systemd-tmpfiles.py
+++ b/src/test/test-systemd-tmpfiles.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-#  SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+
 #
-#  systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-#  under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
-#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
-#  (at your option) any later version.
+# systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
 
 import os
 import sys
diff --git a/tools/catalog-report.py b/tools/catalog-report.py
index b65869d02b..ca1e13df9a 100755
--- a/tools/catalog-report.py
+++ b/tools/catalog-report.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-# -*- Mode: python; coding: utf-8; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*- */
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 #
 # This file is distributed under the MIT license, see below.
diff --git a/tools/gdb-sd_dump_hashmaps.py b/tools/gdb-sd_dump_hashmaps.py
index 0701d139e2..4e8593f320 100644
--- a/tools/gdb-sd_dump_hashmaps.py
+++ b/tools/gdb-sd_dump_hashmaps.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-#  -*- Mode: python; coding: utf-8; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*- */
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+
 
 from __future__ import print_function
diff --git a/tools/make-directive-index.py b/tools/make-directive-index.py
index 8b85ef40f3..8703c8a37b 100755
--- a/tools/make-directive-index.py
+++ b/tools/make-directive-index.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-#  -*- Mode: python; coding: utf-8; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*- */
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+
 
 import sys
diff --git a/tools/make-man-index.py b/tools/make-man-index.py
index 7ed98cb4e0..66027af02e 100755
--- a/tools/make-man-index.py
+++ b/tools/make-man-index.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-#  -*- Mode: python; coding: utf-8; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*- */
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+
 
 import collections
diff --git a/tools/make-man-rules.py b/tools/make-man-rules.py
index 42a48bc98c..c4551c6f61 100755
--- a/tools/make-man-rules.py
+++ b/tools/make-man-rules.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-#  -*- Mode: python; coding: utf-8; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*- */
-#  SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+
 
 from __future__ import print_function
 import collections
diff --git a/tools/xml_helper.py b/tools/xml_helper.py
index 19e343b4e3..f399e7493c 100755
--- a/tools/xml_helper.py
+++ b/tools/xml_helper.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-#  -*- Mode: python; coding: utf-8; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*- */
-#  SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+
 
 from lxml import etree as tree