diff --git a/roles/database_server/files/utf8.cnf b/roles/database_server/files/utf8.cnf
deleted file mode 100644
index 41699997f9c3973909c3edcffcf9c1c5c1364f7e..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/roles/database_server/files/utf8.cnf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-[client]
-default-character-set = utf8
-
-[mysqld]
-character-set-server  = utf8
-collation-server      = utf8_general_ci
-character_set_server  = utf8
-collation_server      = utf8_general_ci