diff -ur devscripts-2.11.7.orig/scripts/Makefile devscripts-2.11.6/scripts/Makefile
--- devscripts-2.11.7.orig/scripts/Makefile	2012-04-28 20:50:58.885379591 +0200
+++ devscripts-2.11.7/scripts/Makefile	2012-04-28 20:48:18.194956664 +0200
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
 %.1: %.pl
 	podchecker $<
-	pod2man --utf8 --center=" " --release="Debian Utilities" $< > $@
+	pod2man --center=" " --release="Debian Utilities" $< > $@
 %.1: %.dbk
 	xsltproc --nonet -o $@ $(XSL_STYLESHEET) $<