diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index e6d26f6f..887f9485 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@
 
 source "http://rubygems.org/"
 
-Encoding.default_external = Encoding::UTF_8
-Encoding.default_internal = Encoding::UTF_8
-
 gem "bundler", "~> 2.5"
 gem "rake"
 gem "rspec", "~> 3.8"