diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 35f2f85bdd2..cb17def7d40 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,11 +15,6 @@ if (NOT XCODE AND NOT MSVC AND NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
     set_property(CACHE CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE PROPERTY STRINGS "Debug" "Release" "MinSizeRel" "RelWithDebInfo")
 endif()
 
-# If MSVC set utf-8 encoding
-if (MSVC)
-    add_compile_options(/utf-8)
-endif()
-
 # Add path to modules
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/")