diff --git a/recipes/rzeczpospolita.recipe b/recipes/rzeczpospolita.recipe
index 9bdbc67b57..7938cf2161 100644
--- a/recipes/rzeczpospolita.recipe
+++ b/recipes/rzeczpospolita.recipe
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ class RzeczpospolitaRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
 
     no_stylesheets = True
     remove_javascript = True
-    encoding = 'utf-8'
     # Seems to work best, but YMMV
     simultaneous_downloads = 5