diff --git a/impl/src/main/java/org/apache/myfaces/context/servlet/PartialViewContextImpl.java b/impl/src/main/java/org/apache/myfaces/context/servlet/PartialViewContextImpl.java
index b66eda47ad..e23e2fe3f9 100644
--- a/impl/src/main/java/org/apache/myfaces/context/servlet/PartialViewContextImpl.java
+++ b/impl/src/main/java/org/apache/myfaces/context/servlet/PartialViewContextImpl.java
@@ -431,8 +431,7 @@ private void processPartialRendering(UIViewRoot viewRoot, PhaseId phaseId)
         try
         {
             String currentEncoding = writer.getCharacterEncoding();
-            writer.writePreamble("<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\""+
-                (currentEncoding == null ? "UTF-8" : currentEncoding) +"\"?>");
+
             writer.startDocument();
             
             writer.writeAttribute("id", viewRoot.getContainerClientId(context),"id");