https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10093
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--- desktop-file-utils-0.11/src/validate.c.encoding	2006-07-31 16:34:44.000000000 +0200
+++ desktop-file-utils-0.11/src/validate.c	2006-07-31 16:35:12.000000000 +0200
@@ -719,10 +719,6 @@
 	  strcmp (val, "Legacy-Mixed") != 0)
 	print_fatal (filename, "unknown Encoding type \"%s\", should be one of \"UTF-8\", \"Legacy-Mixed\"\n", val);
     }
-  else
-    {
-      print_fatal (filename, "required key \"Encoding\" not found\n");
-    }
 
   if (!gnome_desktop_file_get_raw (df, section,
 				   "Name",