diff --git a/dists/residual.desktop b/dists/residual.desktop
index b5f182d5fd8..ce8c0a8a5ac 100644
--- a/dists/residual.desktop
+++ b/dists/residual.desktop
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-[Desktop Entry]
-Encoding=UTF-8
+[Desktop Entry]
 Name=Residual
 Exec=residual
 Icon=residual.xpm