diff --git a/user-dirs-update-gtk.desktop.in b/user-dirs-update-gtk.desktop.in
index cc86954cb2acf887f38df0272b875b6195b17c42..b0a78aa3696060c773f169f294f97d9737703a33 100644
--- a/user-dirs-update-gtk.desktop.in
+++ b/user-dirs-update-gtk.desktop.in
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 [Desktop Entry]
-Encoding=UTF-8
 Exec=xdg-user-dirs-gtk-update
 Name=User folders update
 Comment=Update common folders names to match current locale