diff --git a/webconsole/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/webconsole/AbstractWebConsolePlugin.java b/webconsole/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/webconsole/AbstractWebConsolePlugin.java
index 398da3a..591ea3c 100644
--- a/webconsole/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/webconsole/AbstractWebConsolePlugin.java
+++ b/webconsole/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/webconsole/AbstractWebConsolePlugin.java
@@ -558,8 +558,7 @@
         //  7 branding favourite icon (BrandingPlugin.getProductName())
         //  8 branding favourite icon (BrandingPlugin.getProductImage())
 
-        final String header = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" ?>"
-        + "<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN\" \"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd\">"
+        final String header = "<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN\" \"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd\">"
 
         + "<html xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\">"
         + "  <head>"