Index: debhelper/Makefile
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--- debhelper.orig/Makefile
+++ debhelper/Makefile
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ VERSION=$(shell expr "`dpkg-parsechangel
 
 PERLLIBDIR=$(shell perl -MConfig -e 'print $$Config{vendorlib}')/Debian/Debhelper
 
-POD2MAN=pod2man --utf8 -c Debhelper -r "$(VERSION)"
+POD2MAN=pod2man -c Debhelper -r "$(VERSION)"
 
 build: version debhelper.7
 	find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -perm +100 -name "dh*" \