diff --git a/usr/share/xsessions/steamos.desktop b/usr/share/xsessions/steamos.desktop
index 62d19fc..d0a95ea 100644
--- a/usr/share/xsessions/steamos.desktop
+++ b/usr/share/xsessions/steamos.desktop
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 [Desktop Entry]
-Encoding=UTF-8
 Name=SteamOS
 Comment=Starts a SteamOS session
 Exec=steamos-session