diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
index 973b490dd..f966739fa 100644
--- a/.editorconfig
+++ b/.editorconfig
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ indent_style = space
 trim_trailing_whitespace = true
 #max_line_length = 120
 
+# limitation to US-ASCII
 [*.bat]
-charset = latin1
 end_of_line = crlf
 indent_style = space
 #max_line_length = 80