diff --git a/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/detail.php b/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/detail.php
index bb64b42cb91ec29e666d1fede905ee7d99f76bcd..a8c5fef8a9b1d931005169198ec36599e20518df 100644
--- a/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/detail.php
+++ b/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/detail.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ if (!defined('DOKU_INC')) die();
?><!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="<?php echo $conf['lang']?>" dir="<?php echo $lang['direction'] ?>" class="no-js">
<head>
- <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
+ <meta charset="utf-8" />
<!--[if IE]><meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1" /><![endif]-->
<title>
<?php echo hsc(tpl_img_getTag('IPTC.Headline',$IMG))?>
diff --git a/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/main.php b/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/main.php
index 563d9c94960fbda5e0d99456781ac72642ed0419..fdc28b97524eac7ba7f171e538c33e46dac12599 100644
--- a/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/main.php
+++ b/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/main.php
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ $showSidebar = $hasSidebar && ($ACT=='show');
?><!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="<?php echo $conf['lang'] ?>" dir="<?php echo $lang['direction'] ?>" class="no-js">
<head>
- <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
+ <meta charset="utf-8" />
<!--[if IE]><meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1" /><![endif]-->
<title><?php tpl_pagetitle() ?> [<?php echo strip_tags($conf['title']) ?>]</title>
<script>(function(H){H.className=H.className.replace(/\bno-js\b/,'js')})(document.documentElement)</script>
diff --git a/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/mediamanager.php b/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/mediamanager.php
index 4919632c9ff7ec80dd4bfea7f25f4c6952f8bd45..23c9cee798b0c6ee25081bd6af43aa61ecf830f8 100644
--- a/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/mediamanager.php
+++ b/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/mediamanager.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ if (!defined('DOKU_INC')) die();
?><!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="<?php echo $conf['lang']?>" dir="<?php echo $lang['direction'] ?>" class="popup no-js">
<head>
- <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
+ <meta charset="utf-8" />
<!--[if IE]><meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1" /><![endif]-->
<title>
<?php echo hsc($lang['mediaselect'])?>