diff --git a/powerline/bindings/tmux/powerline-base.conf b/powerline/bindings/tmux/powerline-base.conf
index a17f0c41..77791581 100644
--- a/powerline/bindings/tmux/powerline-base.conf
+++ b/powerline/bindings/tmux/powerline-base.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 set -g status on
-set -g status-utf8 on
 set -g status-interval 2
 set -g status-left-length 20
 set -g status-right '#(env "$POWERLINE_COMMAND" $POWERLINE_COMMAND_ARGS tmux right -R pane_id=\"`tmux display -p "#D"`\")'