diff --git a/doc/Makefile.am b/doc/Makefile.am
index dcab1d717c..544b0d0e2e 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/Makefile.am
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ POD_CSS_URL ?= $(top_srcdir)/docbook/ws.css
 	$(AM_V_POD2MAN)$(POD2MAN)                       \
 	--center="The Wireshark Network Analyzer"       \
 	--release=$(VERSION)                            \
-	--utf8                                          \
 	$< > $@
 
 .pod.html: ../config.h $(top_srcdir)/docbook/ws.css
diff --git a/doc/Makefile.nmake b/doc/Makefile.nmake
index e227a56904..fd05767583 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile.nmake
+++ b/doc/Makefile.nmake
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ wireshark.1: wireshark.pod ../config.h
 	$(POD2MAN)                     \
 	--center="The Wireshark Network Analyzer" \
 	--release=$(VERSION)			 \
-	--utf8 \
 	wireshark.pod > wireshark.1
 
 wireshark.html: wireshark.pod ../config.h ws.css