diff --git a/manual/Makefile b/manual/Makefile
index f32ea45bc5..2c2f761b29 100644
--- a/manual/Makefile
+++ b/manual/Makefile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ manual-prep: rockbox.tex
 	@find * -type d \! -regex '.*\.svn.*' -exec mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)/{} \;
 	@find * -type f \! -regex '.*\.svn.*' -exec cp {} $(OBJDIR)/{} \;
 	@../tools/svnversion.sh | sed -e 's/\n*$$/%/' > version.tex
-	@perl credits.pl < ../docs/CREDITS | iconv -f utf-8 -t iso-8859-1 > $(OBJDIR)/CREDITS.tex
+	@perl credits.pl < ../docs/CREDITS  > $(OBJDIR)/CREDITS.tex
 	@echo "\newcommand{\platform}{${MANUALDEV}}" > $(OBJDIR)/rockbox-build.tex
 	@echo "\newcommand{\buildversion}{$(VERSION)}" >> $(OBJDIR)/rockbox-build.tex
 	@echo "\input{rockbox.tex}" >> $(OBJDIR)/rockbox-build.tex
diff --git a/manual/preamble.tex b/manual/preamble.tex
index cb24cbbab9..99dfb2f44c 100644
--- a/manual/preamble.tex
+++ b/manual/preamble.tex
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
 
 \documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{scrreprt}
-\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
+\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc}
 \usepackage{palatino}
 
 \usepackage{tabularx}