diff --git a/tests/test_templates.py b/tests/test_templates.py
index e3aed3598..44b9475d2 100644
--- a/tests/test_templates.py
+++ b/tests/test_templates.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def test_build_templates(template, output_dir):
         output_dir=output_dir,
     )
 
-    readme = Path(project_dir, 'requirements.txt').read_text(encoding='utf-8')
+    readme = Path(project_dir, 'requirements.txt').read_text()
 
     assert readme.splitlines() == [
         "pip",