diff --git a/tests/test_compare_algorithms.py b/tests/test_compare_algorithms.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/tests/test_compare_algorithms.py
+++ b/tests/test_compare_algorithms.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 import unittest
Added UTF-8 coding statement for Python <I> compatibility.