old_contents: # encoding: utf-8
  from setuptools import setup
  from version import version, name, authors, email, short_desc
  
  
  def readme():
      """Import README for use as long_description."""
      with open("README.rst") as f:
          return f.read()
  
  
  setup(
      name=name,
      version=version,
      description=short_desc,
      long_description=readme(),
      url="https://github.com/jplusplus/statscraper",
      author=authors,
      author_email=email,
      license="MIT",
      packages=["statscraper"],
      zip_safe=False,
      install_requires=[
          "pandas",
          "six",
          "requests",
      ],
      include_package_data=True,
      download_url="https://github.com/jplusplus/skrejperpark/archive/%s.tar.gz"
                   % version,
  )
  
new_contents: from setuptools import setup
  from version import version, name, authors, email, short_desc
  
  
  def readme():
      """Import README for use as long_description."""
      with open("README.rst") as f:
          return f.read()
  
  
  setup(
      name=name,
      version=version,
      description=short_desc,
      long_description=readme(),
      url="https://github.com/jplusplus/statscraper",
      author=authors,
      author_email=email,
      license="MIT",
      packages=["statscraper"],
      zip_safe=False,
      install_requires=[
          "pandas",
          "six",
          "requests",
      ],
      include_package_data=True,
      download_url="https://github.com/jplusplus/skrejperpark/archive/%s.tar.gz"
                   % version,
  )
  
subject: remove uneeded encoding