1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/io/source/TextOutputStream/TextOutputStream.cxx b/io/source/TextOutputStream/TextOutputStream.cxx
index a0555e53cc7c..c888adbf9cd4 100644
--- a/io/source/TextOutputStream/TextOutputStream.cxx
+++ b/io/source/TextOutputStream/TextOutputStream.cxx
@@ -159,8 +159,7 @@ void OTextOutputStream::writeString( const OUString& aString )
     checkOutputStream();
     if( !mbEncodingInitialized )
     {
-        OUString aUtf8Str("utf8");
-        setEncoding( aUtf8Str );
+        setEncoding( "utf8" );
     }
     if( !mbEncodingInitialized )
         return;