diff --git a/templates/mark1/partials/base.html b/templates/mark1/partials/base.html
index 5086c641..a9744a3f 100644
--- a/templates/mark1/partials/base.html
+++ b/templates/mark1/partials/base.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html lang="{{ document.language-code }}">
 <head>
-    <meta charset="{{ document.text-encoding }}" />
+    <meta charset="utf-8" />
     <meta name="author" content="{{ document.authors }}" />
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
     <title>{{ document.project }} Documentation &mdash; {{ document.title }}</title>
diff --git a/templates/mark1/partials/body.html b/templates/mark1/partials/body.html
index f8157587..1612bebc 100644
--- a/templates/mark1/partials/body.html
+++ b/templates/mark1/partials/body.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<article class="docs {{ document.type }}" lang="{{ document.language-code }}" charset="{{ document.text-encoding }}">
+<article class="docs {{ document.type }}" lang="{{ document.language-code }}" charset="utf-8">
     {{ template.styles }}
     {{ template.header }}
     {% if document.state contains "obsolete" %}
