diff --git a/Makefile.PL b/Makefile.PL
index 5b2626be46681cc7e7d4238057284d29367d3210..cd80fa46c1a772c71dde4aaa64f66286c8aa03c0 100644
--- a/Makefile.PL
+++ b/Makefile.PL
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ WriteMakefile(
 	NAME         => 'RedMiner::API',
 	VERSION_FROM => 'lib/RedMiner/API.pm',
 	PREREQ_PM    => {
-		'Encode'          => 0,
 		'URI'             => 0,
 		'URI::QueryParam' => 0,
 		'LWP::UserAgent'  => 0,