diff --git a/tests3/sqlitetests.py b/tests3/sqlitetests.py
index 65f5bbbb..1978269f 100644
--- a/tests3/sqlitetests.py
+++ b/tests3/sqlitetests.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
-# -*- coding: latin-1 -*-
 
 usage = """\
 usage: %prog [options] connection_string
@@ -193,7 +192,7 @@ def t(self):
         locals()['test_text_%s' % len(value)] = _maketest(value)
 
     def test_text_upperlatin(self):
-        self._test_strtype('varchar', '�')
+        self._test_strtype('varchar', 'á')
 
     #
     # blob