diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/DoctrineBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/DoctrineBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
index 41083679a2377..fd32f56375655 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/DoctrineBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/DoctrineBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ private function getDbalConnectionsNode()
                 ->fixXmlConfig('wrapper_class', 'wrapperClass')
                 ->scalarNode('wrapper_class')->end()
                 ->scalarNode('platform_service')->end()
-                ->scalarNode('charset')->defaultValue('UTF-8')->end()
+                ->scalarNode('charset')->end()
                 ->booleanNode('logging')->defaultValue($this->kernelDebug)->end()
             ->end()
         ;