--- xindy-2.4.orig/src/Makefile.am
+++ xindy-2.4/src/Makefile.am
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 DEFAULTS   = defaults.xdy
 DUMP_XINDY = dump-xindy.lsp
 MEMFILE    = xindy.mem
-CLISP      = @CLISP@ -q -E iso-8859-1
+CLISP      = @CLISP@ -q
 
 xindy.mem: $(DEFAULTS) $(FAS) $(DUMP_XINDY)
 	rm -f $(MEMFILE)
--- xindy-2.4.orig/user-commands/xindy.in
+++ xindy-2.4/user-commands/xindy.in
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@
 sub call_xindy ( $$ ) {
     my ($mem_file, $xindy_exp) = @_;
 
-    my @command = ($clisp, '-M', $mem_file, '-E', 'iso-8859-1');
+    my @command = ($clisp, '-M', $mem_file);
     if ( $interactive ) {
 	print "Proposed xindy expression:\n\n$xindy_exp\n"  unless $quiet;
     } else {