diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 24b5cb4a..2b6ac197 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ def textFiles = ['**/*.hac', '**/.html', '**/*.js', '**/*.md', '**/*.properties'
 
 allprojects {
   apply plugin: 'java'
-  compileJava {options.encoding = "UTF-8"}
 
   java {
     sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
diff --git a/src/main/java/helma/main/ApplicationManager.java b/src/main/java/helma/main/ApplicationManager.java
index e699a8d8..0e4750e5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/helma/main/ApplicationManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/helma/main/ApplicationManager.java
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ public class ApplicationManager implements XmlRpcHandler {
                         staticContext.start();
                     }
 
-                    // I hope I am correct assuming Helma does not need Jetty’s session management, but using
+                    // I hope I am correct assuming Helma does not need Jetty's session management, but using
                     // `ServletContextHandler.SESSIONS` causes an exception: Shared scheduler not started
                     appContext = new ServletContextHandler(ServletContextHandler.NO_SESSIONS);
                     appContext.setContextPath(pathPattern);