diff --git a/config/environment.rb b/config/environment.rb
index 8efd6ea1..f839f5ee 100644
--- a/config/environment.rb
+++ b/config/environment.rb
@@ -25,8 +25,3 @@ end
 
 # Instiki-specific configuration below
 require_dependency 'instiki_errors'
-
-# TODO: remove this for Rails 1.2
-# Enable UTF-8 support
-$KCODE = 'u'
-require 'jcode'