diff --git a/fhem/FHEM/98_telnet.pm b/fhem/FHEM/98_telnet.pm
index a2d31d498..e3c9b4a42 100644
--- a/fhem/FHEM/98_telnet.pm
+++ b/fhem/FHEM/98_telnet.pm
@@ -21,32 +21,9 @@ telnet_Initialize($)
   $hash->{AttrFn}  = "telnet_Attr";
   $hash->{NotifyFn}= "telnet_SecurityCheck";
   $hash->{AttrList} = "loglevel:0,1,2,3,4,5,6 globalpassword password ".
-                        "allowfrom SSL connectTimeout connectInterval ".
-                        "encoding:utf8,latin1";
+                        "allowfrom SSL connectTimeout connectInterval";
   $hash->{ActivateInformFn} = "telnet_ActivateInform";
 
-  my %lhash = ( Fn=>"CommandTelnetEncoding",
-                ClientFilter => "telnet",
-                Hlp=>"[utf8|latin1],query and set the character encoding for the current telnet session" );
-  $cmds{encoding} = \%lhash;
-}
-sub
-CommandTelnetEncoding($$)
-{
-  my ($hash, $param) = @_;
-
-  my $ret = "";
-
-  if( !$param ) {
-    $ret = "current encoding is $hash->{encoding}";
-  } elsif( $param eq "utf8" || $param eq "latin1"  ) {
-    $hash->{encoding} = $param;
-    $ret = "encoding changed to $param";
-  } else {
-    $ret = "unknown encoding >>$param<<";
-  }
-
-  return $ret;
 }
 
 #####################################
@@ -183,7 +160,6 @@ telnet_Read($)
   if($hash->{SERVERSOCKET}) {   # Accept and create a child
     my $chash = TcpServer_Accept($hash, "telnet");
     return if(!$chash);
-    $chash->{encoding} = AttrVal($name, "encoding", "utf8");
     syswrite($chash->{CD}, sprintf("%c%c%cPassword: ", 255, 251, 1)) # WILL ECHO
         if(telnet_pw($name, $chash->{NAME}));
     return;
@@ -275,7 +251,6 @@ telnet_Read($)
   $ret .= ($hash->{prevlines} ? "> " : "fhem> ")
           if($gotCmd && $hash->{prompt} && !$hash->{rcvdQuit});
   if($ret) {
-    $ret = utf8ToLatin1($ret) if( $hash->{encoding} eq "latin1" );
     $ret =~ s/\n/\r\n/g if($pw);  # only for DOS telnet 
     for(;;) {
       my $l = syswrite($hash->{CD}, $ret);
@@ -454,11 +429,6 @@ telnet_ActivateInform($)
         try to connect again after this many seconds. Default is 60.
         </li><br>
 
-    <a name="encoding"></a>
-    <li>encoding<br>
-        Sets the encoding for the data send to the client. Possible values are latin1 and utf8. Default is utf8.
-        </li><br>
-
 
   </ul>