diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/logback/DefaultLogbackConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/logback/DefaultLogbackConfiguration.java
index 914829072b1..d0d29b02696 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/logback/DefaultLogbackConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/logback/DefaultLogbackConfiguration.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 package org.springframework.boot.logging.logback;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
-import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 
 import ch.qos.logback.classic.Level;
 import ch.qos.logback.classic.encoder.PatternLayoutEncoder;
@@ -117,7 +116,6 @@ class DefaultLogbackConfiguration {
 		String logPattern = this.patterns.getProperty("logging.pattern.console",
 				CONSOLE_LOG_PATTERN);
 		encoder.setPattern(OptionHelper.substVars(logPattern, config.getContext()));
-		encoder.setCharset(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
 		config.start(encoder);
 		appender.setEncoder(encoder);
 		config.appender("CONSOLE", appender);
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/resources/org/springframework/boot/logging/logback/console-appender.xml b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/resources/org/springframework/boot/logging/logback/console-appender.xml
index 6e84f416053..92d0da03f82 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/resources/org/springframework/boot/logging/logback/console-appender.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/resources/org/springframework/boot/logging/logback/console-appender.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ initialization performed by Boot
 	<appender name="CONSOLE" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
 		<encoder>
 			<pattern>${CONSOLE_LOG_PATTERN}</pattern>
-			<charset>utf8</charset>
 		</encoder>
 	</appender>
 </included>