diff --git a/vim/templates/skeleton.c b/vim/templates/skeleton.c
index 04e0be3..1bfce97 100644
--- a/vim/templates/skeleton.c
+++ b/vim/templates/skeleton.c
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 /*
--*- coding: latin-1 -*-
+-*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
  Copyright by @@LONGNAME@@ <@@EMAIL@@>
  First version: @@crdate@@
- Last modified: 2009-10-07T14:17 CEST (+0200)
 
  Synopsis: @@DESCR@@
 
diff --git a/vim/templates/skeleton.pl b/vim/templates/skeleton.pl
index 70376cb..1b7e4ad 100644
--- a/vim/templates/skeleton.pl
+++ b/vim/templates/skeleton.pl
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env perl
-# -*- coding: latin-1 -*-
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 # Copyright by @@LONGNAME@@ <@@EMAIL@@>
 # First version: @@crdate@@
-# Last modified: 2009-10-07T14:17 CEST (+0200)
 #
 # Synopsis: @@DESCR@@
 #
diff --git a/vim/templates/skeleton.py b/vim/templates/skeleton.py
index 332ae15..fe2323d 100644
--- a/vim/templates/skeleton.py
+++ b/vim/templates/skeleton.py
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-#-*- coding: latin-1 -*-
+#-*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 """
 
  Copyright by @@LONGNAME@@ <@@EMAIL@@>
  First version: @@crdate@@
- Last modified: 2009-10-07T14:17 CEST (+0200)
 
  Synopsis: @@DESCR@@
 
diff --git a/vim/templates/skeleton.sh b/vim/templates/skeleton.sh
index 8cdae1b..e4323f5 100644
--- a/vim/templates/skeleton.sh
+++ b/vim/templates/skeleton.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-# -*- coding: latin-1 -*-
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 # Copyright by @@LONGNAME@@ <@@EMAIL@@>
 # First version: @@crdate@@
-# Last modified: 2009-10-07T14:17 CEST (+0200)
 #
 # Synopsis: @@DESCR@@
 #