diff --git a/config/database.yml.example b/config/database.yml.example
index 0efe267f..3f970c19 100644
--- a/config/database.yml.example
+++ b/config/database.yml.example
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 default: &default
   adapter: postgresql
-  encoding: unicode
   pool: 16
   # username: CHANGE_ME
   # password: CHANGE_ME