diff --git a/src/mibew/libs/common/response.php b/src/mibew/libs/common/response.php
index ece1c2a6..df316afc 100644
--- a/src/mibew/libs/common/response.php
+++ b/src/mibew/libs/common/response.php
@@ -56,11 +56,10 @@ function start_xml_output()
 
 function start_html_output()
 {
-    $charset = getstring("output_charset");
     header("Expires: Mon, 26 Jul 1997 05:00:00 GMT");
     header("Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate");
     header("Pragma: no-cache");
-    header("Content-type: text/html" . (isset($charset) ? "; charset=" . $charset : ""));
+    header("Content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8");
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/mibew/locales/en/properties b/src/mibew/locales/en/properties
index b6de34a3..90f8c03b 100644
--- a/src/mibew/locales/en/properties
+++ b/src/mibew/locales/en/properties
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-encoding=utf-8
-output_charset=utf-8
-output_encoding=utf-8
 admin.content.client_agents=Create or delete company operators. Manage their permissions.
 admin.content.client_gen_button=Button HTML code generation.
 admin.content.client_settings=Specify options affecting chat window and common system behavior.
diff --git a/src/mibew/locales/names/level1 b/src/mibew/locales/names/level1
index de17a0cc..707f828b 100644
--- a/src/mibew/locales/names/level1
+++ b/src/mibew/locales/names/level1
@@ -66,8 +66,6 @@ mailthread.perform
 mailthread.title
 notify.new.subject
 notify.new.text
-output_charset
-output_encoding
 page.chat.old_browser.close
 page.chat.old_browser.list
 page.chat.old_browser.problem
diff --git a/src/mibew/locales/names/properties b/src/mibew/locales/names/properties
index 4d9e910e..2b4e5c64 100644
--- a/src/mibew/locales/names/properties
+++ b/src/mibew/locales/names/properties
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-encoding=utf-8
-
 ar=العربية
 be=Беларуская
 bg=Български
diff --git a/src/mibew/operator/translate.php b/src/mibew/operator/translate.php
index 2ad20927..674dcc2e 100644
--- a/src/mibew/operator/translate.php
+++ b/src/mibew/operator/translate.php
@@ -104,22 +104,20 @@ if ($show == 's1') {
 }
 
 foreach ($all_keys as $key) {
-    if ($key != 'output_charset') {
-        $t_source = htmlspecialchars($lang1[$key]);
-        if (isset($lang2[$key])) {
-            $value = htmlspecialchars($lang2[$key]);
-        } else {
-            $value = "<font color=\"#c13030\"><b>absent</b></font>";
-        }
-        $result[] = array(
-            'id' => $key,
-            'l1' => $t_source,
-            'l2' => $value,
-            'idToPage' => $key,
-            'l1ToPage' => $t_source,
-            'l2ToPage' => $value,
-        );
+    $t_source = htmlspecialchars($lang1[$key]);
+    if (isset($lang2[$key])) {
+        $value = htmlspecialchars($lang2[$key]);
+    } else {
+        $value = "<font color=\"#c13030\"><b>absent</b></font>";
     }
+    $result[] = array(
+        'id' => $key,
+        'l1' => $t_source,
+        'l2' => $value,
+        'idToPage' => $key,
+        'l1ToPage' => $t_source,
+        'l2ToPage' => $value,
+    );
 }
 
 $order = verify_param("sort", "/^(id|l1)$/", "id");