diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 46533f6d43..8cee457620 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2008-06-11  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
+
+	* desktop/gimp.desktop.in.in: removed deprecated field "Encoding".
+
 2008-06-11  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
 
 	* app/config/Makefile.am: make test-config link properly.
diff --git a/desktop/gimp.desktop.in.in b/desktop/gimp.desktop.in.in
index 9595ee42c8..776e4ee380 100644
--- a/desktop/gimp.desktop.in.in
+++ b/desktop/gimp.desktop.in.in
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 [Desktop Entry]
 Version=1.0
-Encoding=UTF-8
 Type=Application
 _Name=GNU Image Manipulation Program
 _GenericName=Image Editor