diff --git a/lib/active_admin/views/pages/base.rb b/lib/active_admin/views/pages/base.rb
index f31cce9fb6d..0218580dc78 100644
--- a/lib/active_admin/views/pages/base.rb
+++ b/lib/active_admin/views/pages/base.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ def add_classes_to_body
 
         def build_active_admin_head
           within @head do
-            meta :"http-equiv" => "Content-type", :content => "text/html; charset=utf-8"
             insert_tag Arbre::HTML::Title, [title, active_admin_application.site_title].join(" | ")
             active_admin_application.stylesheets.each do |style|
               text_node(stylesheet_link_tag(style.path, style.options).html_safe)