diff --git a/plugins/mysql/conf/my.cnf b/plugins/mysql/conf/my.cnf
index 19d450e9a..bc63b79c8 100644
--- a/plugins/mysql/conf/my.cnf
+++ b/plugins/mysql/conf/my.cnf
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 #password	= your_password
 port		= 3306
 socket		= /tmp/mysql.sock
-default-character-set=utf8
 
 [mysqld]
 port		= 3306
@@ -22,7 +21,6 @@ thread_cache_size = 4
 lower_case_table_names=2
 query_cache_size = 4M
 tmp_table_size = 8M
-default-character-set=utf8
 
 max_connections = 500
 max_connect_errors = 100