--- a/ldapvi/ldapvi.c	
+++ a/ldapvi/ldapvi.c	
@@ -1414,7 +1414,7 @@ write_file_header(FILE *s, cmdline *cmdline)
 	int nlines = 0;
 
 	if (print_binary_mode == PRINT_UTF8 && !cmdline->ldif) {
-		fputs("# -*- coding: utf-8 -*- vim:encoding=utf-8:\n", s);
+		fputs("# -*- coding: utf-8 -*- \n", s);
 		nlines++;
 	}
 	if (cmdline->ldif) {