diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index ddaafd77..40409c2b 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ byobu (3.0) unreleased; urgency=low
   * debian/rules, usr/bin/byobu-export, usr/share/man/man1/byobu-export.1:
     - deprecate the byobu-export utility
   * usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1: fix lintian warning about hyphen
+  * usr/share/applications/byobu.desktop: fix lintian warning about encoding
+    key
 
  -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 02 Aug 2010 18:54:32 -0400
 
diff --git a/usr/share/applications/byobu.desktop b/usr/share/applications/byobu.desktop
index 20a78046..9b0dd51c 100644
--- a/usr/share/applications/byobu.desktop
+++ b/usr/share/applications/byobu.desktop
@@ -5,6 +5,5 @@ Icon=/usr/share/byobu/pixmaps/byobu.svg
 Exec=byobu-launcher
 Type=Application
 Terminal=true
-Encoding=UTF-8
 Categories=GNOME;GTK;Utility;
 NoDisplay=true