diff --git a/src/android/com/silkimen/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpBase.java b/src/android/com/silkimen/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpBase.java
index aded979..a89f5b3 100644
--- a/src/android/com/silkimen/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpBase.java
+++ b/src/android/com/silkimen/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpBase.java
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ abstract class CordovaHttpBase implements Runnable {
     request.followRedirects(this.followRedirects);
     request.connectTimeout(this.connectTimeout);
     request.readTimeout(this.readTimeout);
-    request.acceptCharset("UTF-8");
     request.uncompress(true);
 
     if (this.tlsConfiguration.getHostnameVerifier() != null) {