diff --git a/.git-blame-ignore-revs b/.git-blame-ignore-revs
index 22a8aca93..156c8060a 100644
--- a/.git-blame-ignore-revs
+++ b/.git-blame-ignore-revs
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@
 4bb33d3d3c62516cfdb1ff5bba9216936a07d368
 # misc: apply isort
 86d946adcdc784693d733131c2aecafc6caa8cbb
+# misc: remove unicode prefixed strings
+a265c6267e75c831b8294a760f94b9d6cffb92ea