diff --git a/servicetypes/plasma-animator.desktop b/servicetypes/plasma-animator.desktop
index 8cd56785f..23a2b075e 100644
--- a/servicetypes/plasma-animator.desktop
+++ b/servicetypes/plasma-animator.desktop
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 [Desktop Entry]
-Encoding=UTF-8
 Type=ServiceType
 X-KDE-ServiceType=Plasma/Animator
 
diff --git a/servicetypes/plasma-applet.desktop b/servicetypes/plasma-applet.desktop
index 1db71c966..b4bc98e96 100644
--- a/servicetypes/plasma-applet.desktop
+++ b/servicetypes/plasma-applet.desktop
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 [Desktop Entry]
-Encoding=UTF-8
 Type=ServiceType
 X-KDE-ServiceType=Plasma/Applet
 
diff --git a/servicetypes/plasma-containment.desktop b/servicetypes/plasma-containment.desktop
index 11412ed72..3c4624b4d 100644
--- a/servicetypes/plasma-containment.desktop
+++ b/servicetypes/plasma-containment.desktop
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 [Desktop Entry]
-Encoding=UTF-8
 Type=ServiceType
 X-KDE-ServiceType=Plasma/Containment
 
diff --git a/servicetypes/plasma-dataengine.desktop b/servicetypes/plasma-dataengine.desktop
index 57930556e..7860bdf0e 100644
--- a/servicetypes/plasma-dataengine.desktop
+++ b/servicetypes/plasma-dataengine.desktop
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 [Desktop Entry]
-Encoding=UTF-8
 Type=ServiceType
 X-KDE-ServiceType=Plasma/DataEngine
 
diff --git a/servicetypes/plasma-runner.desktop b/servicetypes/plasma-runner.desktop
index 487c6fe11..52210bcb9 100644
--- a/servicetypes/plasma-runner.desktop
+++ b/servicetypes/plasma-runner.desktop
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 [Desktop Entry]
-Encoding=UTF-8
 Type=ServiceType
 X-KDE-ServiceType=Plasma/Runner
 
diff --git a/servicetypes/plasma-scriptengine.desktop b/servicetypes/plasma-scriptengine.desktop
index ec93683b6..3abc11f73 100644
--- a/servicetypes/plasma-scriptengine.desktop
+++ b/servicetypes/plasma-scriptengine.desktop
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 [Desktop Entry]
-Encoding=UTF-8
 Type=ServiceType
 X-KDE-ServiceType=Plasma/ScriptEngine
 
diff --git a/tests/packagemetadatatest.desktop b/tests/packagemetadatatest.desktop
index a1e0b00c7..4aabfa944 100644
--- a/tests/packagemetadatatest.desktop
+++ b/tests/packagemetadatatest.desktop
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Comment[zh_TW]=測試 PackageMetaData 類別的桌面檔
 
 Icon=test
 Type=Service
-ServiceTypes=Plasma/Applet
+X-KDE-ServiceTypes=Plasma/Applet
 
 Description=Some fancy test description
 Description[de]=Eine lustige Test-Beschreibung