diff --git a/inc/parser/xhtml.php b/inc/parser/xhtml.php
index e8fb84494d559077dc7a715af54429da132cbcb1..6bdb6e877d7cd50c465ce3a3cf0694eaa1fd7998 100644
--- a/inc/parser/xhtml.php
+++ b/inc/parser/xhtml.php
@@ -1033,7 +1033,7 @@ class Doku_Renderer_xhtml extends Doku_Renderer {
      * @author Andreas Gohr <andi@splitbrain.org>
      */
     function _headerToLink($title,$create=false) {
-        $title = str_replace(':','',cleanID($title,true)); //force ASCII
+        $title = str_replace(':','',cleanID($title));
         $title = ltrim($title,'0123456789._-');
         if(empty($title)) $title='section';