diff --git a/article_scraper/src/full_text_parser/mod.rs b/article_scraper/src/full_text_parser/mod.rs
index 65b3912..4f39017 100644
--- a/article_scraper/src/full_text_parser/mod.rs
+++ b/article_scraper/src/full_text_parser/mod.rs
@@ -122,8 +122,6 @@ impl FullTextParser {
             Node::new("article", None, &document).map_err(|()| FullTextParserError::Xml)?;
         document.set_root_element(&root);
 
-        Self::generate_head(&mut root, &document)?;
-
         for page_html in pages {
             self.parse_page(&mut article, &page_html, &mut root, config, global_config)?;
         }
@@ -1091,20 +1089,6 @@ impl FullTextParser {
         }
     }
 
-    fn generate_head(root: &mut Node, document: &Document) -> Result<(), FullTextParserError> {
-        if let Ok(mut head_node) = Node::new("head", None, document) {
-            if let Ok(()) = root.add_prev_sibling(&mut head_node) {
-                if let Ok(mut meta) = head_node.new_child(None, "meta") {
-                    if meta.set_property("charset", "utf-8").is_ok() {
-                        return Ok(());
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        Err(FullTextParserError::Xml)
-    }
-
     fn prevent_self_closing_tags(context: &Context) -> Result<(), FullTextParserError> {
         // search document for empty tags and add a empty text node as child
         // this prevents libxml from self closing non void elements such as iframe