diff --git a/headphones/webstart.py b/headphones/webstart.py
index c8f53e9a..b16d6765 100644
--- a/headphones/webstart.py
+++ b/headphones/webstart.py
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ def initialize(options={}):
                 'server.socket_port':   options['http_port'],
                 'server.socket_host':   options['http_host'],
                 'engine.autoreload_on': False,
-                'tools.encode.on' : True,
-                'tools.encode.encoding' : 'utf-8',
-                'tools.decode.on' : True,
         })
 
     conf = {