diff --git a/install/lazarus.desktop b/install/lazarus.desktop
index 3b38e9135a..de2ee737d0 100644
--- a/install/lazarus.desktop
+++ b/install/lazarus.desktop
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 [Desktop Entry]
-Encoding=UTF-8
 Name=Lazarus
 Comment=Lazarus IDE
 Exec=startlazarus %f