diff --git a/config.org b/config.org
index 51a2496..15f4f1e 100644
--- a/config.org
+++ b/config.org
@@ -81,14 +81,6 @@ want it to resize by pixels -- we /are/ using a GUI, after all.
                 frame-resize-pixelwise t)
 #+end_src
 
-**** Don't show default modeline
-
-Wait until my *fancy* modeline is loaded -- from [[https://github.com/KaratasFurkan/.emacs.d#remove-redundant-ui][Furkan Karataş]].
-
-#+begin_src emacs-lisp :noweb-ref settings
-  (setq-default mode-line-format nil)
-#+end_src
-
 *** Frame titles
 
 #+begin_src emacs-lisp :noweb-ref settings
diff --git a/early-init.el b/early-init.el
index b208092..0738ca2 100644
--- a/early-init.el
+++ b/early-init.el
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-;;; early-init.el -*- no-byte-compile: t; -*-
+;;; early-init.el -*- no-byte-compile: t; coding: utf-8 -*-
 ;; Copyright (C) 2020 Case Duckworth
 
 ;; Author: Case Duckworth <acdw@acdw.net>
diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index 405bf9b..4741a4f 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-;;; init.el -*- lexical-binding: t -*-
+;;; init.el -*- lexical-binding: t; coding: utf-8 -*-
 ;; Copyright (C) 2020 Case Duckworth
 
 ;; Author: Case Duckworth <acdw@acdw.net>