diff --git a/conf/autoload_configs/ivr.conf.xml b/conf/autoload_configs/ivr.conf.xml
index bd11d990fc..b747f4d525 100644
--- a/conf/autoload_configs/ivr.conf.xml
+++ b/conf/autoload_configs/ivr.conf.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?>
 <configuration name="ivr.conf" description="IVR menus">
   <menus>
     <!-- demo IVR setup -->
diff --git a/conf/autoload_configs/openmrcp.conf.xml b/conf/autoload_configs/openmrcp.conf.xml
index 151e1b45d1..a4a934d5fc 100644
--- a/conf/autoload_configs/openmrcp.conf.xml
+++ b/conf/autoload_configs/openmrcp.conf.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?>
 <!-- http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Mod_openmrcp#Configuration -->
 <configuration name="openmrcp.conf" description="mod_openmrcp configuration">
   <settings>