diff --git a/Android.mk b/Android.mk
index d3cca90..bb20f66 100644
--- a/Android.mk
+++ b/Android.mk
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 LOCAL_MODULE := apache-xml
 LOCAL_MODULE_TAGS := optional
 LOCAL_SRC_FILES := $(apache-xml_src_files)
-LOCAL_JAVACFLAGS := -encoding UTF-8
 LOCAL_JAVA_LIBRARIES := core-libart
 LOCAL_NO_STANDARD_LIBRARIES := true
 LOCAL_JAVA_RESOURCE_DIRS := src/main/java
@@ -32,7 +31,6 @@
 LOCAL_MODULE := apache-xml-hostdex
 LOCAL_MODULE_TAGS := optional
 LOCAL_SRC_FILES := $(apache-xml_src_files)
-LOCAL_JAVACFLAGS := -encoding UTF-8
 LOCAL_MODULE_TAGS := optional
 LOCAL_JAVA_RESOURCE_DIRS := src/main/java
 include $(BUILD_HOST_DALVIK_JAVA_LIBRARY)