diff --git a/cli/googletts-cli.pl b/cli/googletts-cli.pl
index b2378fb..8bfcf77 100755
--- a/cli/googletts-cli.pl
+++ b/cli/googletts-cli.pl
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 
 use warnings;
 use strict;
-use utf8;
 use Encode qw(decode encode);
 use Getopt::Std;
 use File::Temp qw(tempfile);
diff --git a/googletts.agi b/googletts.agi
index bba7070..688d7fc 100755
--- a/googletts.agi
+++ b/googletts.agi
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 
 use warnings;
 use strict;
-use utf8;
 use Encode qw(decode encode);
 use File::Temp qw(tempfile);
 use File::Copy qw(move);