diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/recognizePDF.js b/chrome/content/zotero/recognizePDF.js
index 069bd4a6f..e56f8cd95 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/recognizePDF.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/recognizePDF.js
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ var Zotero_RecognizePDF = new function() {
 		}
 		
 		var {exec, args} = Zotero.Fulltext.getPDFConverterExecAndArgs();
-		args.push('-enc', 'UTF-8', '-nopgbrk', '-layout', '-l', pages, file.path, cacheFile.path);
+		args.push('-nopgbrk', '-layout', '-l', pages, file.path, cacheFile.path);
 		
 		Zotero.debug("RecognizePDF: Running " + exec.path + " " + args.map(arg => "'" + arg + "'").join(" "));