diff --git a/src/xmlcopyeditor.desktop b/src/xmlcopyeditor.desktop
index 607961e..e4ffba0 100755
--- a/src/xmlcopyeditor.desktop
+++ b/src/xmlcopyeditor.desktop
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 [Desktop Entry]
 Type=Application
-Encoding=UTF-8
 Name=XML Copy Editor
 GenericName=XML Editor
 Comment=Edit XML documents