diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index d9143ec8b91..1d41c708148 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 *.sip export-subst
+*.py export-subst
diff --git a/python/plugins/processing/algs/qgis/Eliminate.py b/python/plugins/processing/algs/qgis/Eliminate.py
index c68d21b8596..144f5c59e2c 100644
--- a/python/plugins/processing/algs/qgis/Eliminate.py
+++ b/python/plugins/processing/algs/qgis/Eliminate.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     Eliminate.py
     ---------------------
     Date                 : August 2012
-    Copyright            : (C) 2013 by Bernhard Str�bl
+    Copyright            : (C) 2013 by Bernhard Ströbl
     Email                : bernhard.stroebl@jena.de
 ***************************************************************************
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