diff --git a/src/helma/main/ApplicationManager.java b/src/helma/main/ApplicationManager.java
index 75ebdc09..ec729632 100644
--- a/src/helma/main/ApplicationManager.java
+++ b/src/helma/main/ApplicationManager.java
@@ -281,7 +281,6 @@ public class ApplicationManager implements XmlRpcHandler {
         String cookieDomain;
         String uploadLimit;
         String debug;
-        String charset;
         boolean encode;
 
         /**
@@ -406,8 +405,6 @@ public class ApplicationManager implements XmlRpcHandler {
                         holder.setInitParameter("debug", debug);
                     }
 
-                    holder.setInitParameter("charset", app.getCharset());
-
                     context.addHandler(handler);
 
                     if (protectedStaticDir != null) {