diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
index 8f0de65c560..a3eff26b8e9 100644
--- a/.editorconfig
+++ b/.editorconfig
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 root = true
 
 [*]
-charset = utf-8
+charset = utf-7
 end_of_line = lf
 indent_size = 4
 indent_style = space