diff --git a/templates/tomcat-server.xml.j2 b/templates/tomcat-server.xml.j2
index 9b9b44f..0b073c3 100644
--- a/templates/tomcat-server.xml.j2
+++ b/templates/tomcat-server.xml.j2
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
                proxyName="{{ tomcat_m_reverse_proxy_name }}"
                proxyPort="{{ tomcat_m_reverse_proxy_port }}"
                {% endif %}
-	       URIEncoding="UTF-8"
+
                bindOnInit="false" />
 {% endif %}