diff --git a/settings/schemaeditor.cpp b/settings/schemaeditor.cpp
index b679d77c..b68a1891 100644
--- a/settings/schemaeditor.cpp
+++ b/settings/schemaeditor.cpp
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ void SchemaEditor::saveCurrent()
     QFile f(fullpath);
     if (f.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly)) {
 	QTextStream t(&f);
-        t.setEncoding( QTextStream::UnicodeUTF8 );
+        t.setCodec( "UTF-8" );
 
 	t << "# schema for konsole autogenerated with the schema editor" << endl;
 	t << endl;