diff --git a/atom b/atom
index 1c5ab7d..db35c94 100755
--- a/atom
+++ b/atom
@@ -116,9 +116,6 @@ getConfigSource() {
 		'path')
 			sourcepath="$value"
 		;;
-		'id3charset')
-			sourceid3charset="$value"
-		;;
 	esac
 }
 
@@ -957,7 +954,6 @@ General|Load|$maxload
 |Database|$database
 |Debug|$debug
 Source|Path|$sourcepath
-|ID3 Charset|$sourceid3charset
 EOF
 for destination in ${!destinationpath[@]}
 do
diff --git a/doc/config b/doc/config
index 4a3b3dc..a34f156 100644
--- a/doc/config
+++ b/doc/config
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ Sections:
 
   * path <directory>: String. The root of your collection.
       Default: /var/lib/mpd/music
-  * id3charset <charset>: String. FLAC and Ogg Vorbis use UTF-8, but ID3 may use
-      some other charset. Wrong settings can result in strangely tagged files.
 
 [<some arbitrary string>]
   Each section not named 'general' or 'source' will define a new destination.
diff --git a/doc/example.cfg b/doc/example.cfg
index 3e9f5f3..4e59c8c 100644
--- a/doc/example.cfg
+++ b/doc/example.cfg
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ debug			0
 
 [source]
 path		/var/lib/mpd/music
-id3charset	iso-8859-15
 
 [Ogg]
 path		/mnt/Musique-OggQ2