diff --git a/themes/danbooru/layout.class.php b/themes/danbooru/layout.class.php
index e24a5233..39259544 100644
--- a/themes/danbooru/layout.class.php
+++ b/themes/danbooru/layout.class.php
@@ -196,7 +196,6 @@ class Layout {
 <html>
 	<head>
 		<title>{$page->title}</title>
-		<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8">
 $header_html
 		<script src='$data_href/themes/$theme_name/sidebar.js' type='text/javascript'></script>
 		<script src='$data_href/themes/$theme_name/script.js' type='text/javascript'></script>
diff --git a/themes/default/layout.class.php b/themes/default/layout.class.php
index 87f0bcac..97f197aa 100644
--- a/themes/default/layout.class.php
+++ b/themes/default/layout.class.php
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ class Layout {
 <html>
 	<head>
 		<title>{$page->title}</title>
-		<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8">
 		<script src='$data_href/themes/$theme_name/sidebar.js' type='text/javascript'></script>
 $header_html
 	</head>
diff --git a/themes/flat/layout.class.php b/themes/flat/layout.class.php
index 8031b9aa..9257629d 100644
--- a/themes/flat/layout.class.php
+++ b/themes/flat/layout.class.php
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ class Layout {
 <html>
 	<head>
 		<title>{$page->title}</title>
-		<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8">
 $header_html
 	</head>
 
diff --git a/themes/futaba/layout.class.php b/themes/futaba/layout.class.php
index a113ed77..c945c3bb 100644
--- a/themes/futaba/layout.class.php
+++ b/themes/futaba/layout.class.php
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ class Layout {
 <html>
 	<head>
 		<title>{$page->title}</title>
-		<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8">
 $header_html
 		<script src='$data_href/themes/$theme_name/sidebar.js' type='text/javascript'></script>
 		<script src='$data_href/themes/$theme_name/script.js' type='text/javascript'></script>
diff --git a/themes/lite/layout.class.php b/themes/lite/layout.class.php
index dd34bfb9..7cabe4c3 100644
--- a/themes/lite/layout.class.php
+++ b/themes/lite/layout.class.php
@@ -164,8 +164,6 @@ class Layout {
 <html>
 	<head>
 		<title>{$page->title}</title>
-		<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8">
-
 		$header_html
 	</head>
 
diff --git a/themes/old_default/layout.class.php b/themes/old_default/layout.class.php
index 6c251336..ec8e4514 100644
--- a/themes/old_default/layout.class.php
+++ b/themes/old_default/layout.class.php
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ class Layout {
 <html>
 	<head>
 		<title>{$page->title}</title>
-		<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8">
 $header_html
 		<script src='$data_href/themes/$theme_name/sidebar.js' type='text/javascript'></script>
 		<script src='$data_href/themes/$theme_name/script.js' type='text/javascript'></script>
diff --git a/themes/warm/layout.class.php b/themes/warm/layout.class.php
index 55f2fe4c..84d3f2f4 100644
--- a/themes/warm/layout.class.php
+++ b/themes/warm/layout.class.php
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ class Layout {
 <html>
 	<head>
 		<title>{$page->title}</title>
-		<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8">
 $header_html
 	</head>
 
