diff -ur dpkg-1.16.7.orig/scripts/Makefile.am dpkg-1.16.7/scripts/Makefile.am
--- dpkg-1.16.7.orig/scripts/Makefile.am	2012-06-30 09:21:47.000000000 +0200
+++ dpkg-1.16.7/scripts/Makefile.am	2012-07-07 01:02:35.077531983 +0200
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
 	$(MKDIR_P) $(DESTDIR)$(man3dir)
 	for module in $(nobase_dist_perllib_DATA); do \
 	    name=`echo $$module | sed -e 's|/|::|g' -e 's/\.pm$$//'`; \
-	    $(POD2MAN) --utf8 --center=libdpkg-perl --release=$(VERSION) \
+	    $(POD2MAN) --center=libdpkg-perl --release=$(VERSION) \
 		--name="$$name"	--section=3 $(srcdir)/$$module \
 		>$(DESTDIR)$(man3dir)/$$name.3; \
 	    test -s $(DESTDIR)$(man3dir)/$$name.3 || \
diff -ur dpkg-1.16.7.orig/scripts/Makefile.in dpkg-1.16.7/scripts/Makefile.in
--- dpkg-1.16.7.orig/scripts/Makefile.in	2012-07-02 21:24:30.000000000 +0200
+++ dpkg-1.16.7/scripts/Makefile.in	2012-07-07 01:02:35.098534651 +0200
@@ -1042,7 +1042,7 @@
 @BUILD_POD_DOC_TRUE@	$(MKDIR_P) $(DESTDIR)$(man3dir)
 @BUILD_POD_DOC_TRUE@	for module in $(nobase_dist_perllib_DATA); do \
 @BUILD_POD_DOC_TRUE@	    name=`echo $$module | sed -e 's|/|::|g' -e 's/\.pm$$//'`; \
-@BUILD_POD_DOC_TRUE@	    $(POD2MAN) --utf8 --center=libdpkg-perl --release=$(VERSION) \
+@BUILD_POD_DOC_TRUE@	    $(POD2MAN) --center=libdpkg-perl --release=$(VERSION) \
 @BUILD_POD_DOC_TRUE@		--name="$$name"	--section=3 $(srcdir)/$$module \
 @BUILD_POD_DOC_TRUE@		>$(DESTDIR)$(man3dir)/$$name.3; \
 @BUILD_POD_DOC_TRUE@	    test -s $(DESTDIR)$(man3dir)/$$name.3 || \