diff --git a/tmux.conf b/tmux.conf
index b36ead10..b1b26fc1 100644
--- a/tmux.conf
+++ b/tmux.conf
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@
 
 run-shell "~/.dotfiles/tmux/conf.sh"
 
-# utf-8
-set -g utf8 on
-set -g status-utf8 on
-
 # Zero-based indexing is fine in programming languages, but not so much in
 # a multiplexer when zero is on the other side of the keyboard.
 set -g base-index 1