diff --git a/core/templates/layout.base.php b/core/templates/layout.base.php
index 272ce3607a1..743d4dd3d34 100644
--- a/core/templates/layout.base.php
+++ b/core/templates/layout.base.php
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 <!--[if IE 9]><html class="ng-csp ie ie9 lte9" data-placeholder-focus="false" lang="<?php p($_['language']); ?>" ><![endif]-->
 <!--[if (gt IE 9)|!(IE)]><!--><html class="ng-csp" data-placeholder-focus="false" lang="<?php p($_['language']); ?>" ><!--<![endif]-->
 	<head data-requesttoken="<?php p($_['requesttoken']); ?>">
+		<meta charset="utf-8">
 		<title>
 		<?php p($theme->getTitle()); ?>
 		</title>
-		<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
 		<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1" />
 		<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, minimum-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0">
 		<link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/png" href="<?php print_unescaped(image_path('', 'favicon.png')); ?>" />
diff --git a/core/templates/layout.guest.php b/core/templates/layout.guest.php
index 1af35b7cd55..2113f88594e 100644
--- a/core/templates/layout.guest.php
+++ b/core/templates/layout.guest.php
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 <!--[if IE 9]><html class="ng-csp ie ie9 lte9" data-placeholder-focus="false" lang="<?php p($_['language']); ?>" ><![endif]-->
 <!--[if (gt IE 9)|!(IE)]><!--><html class="ng-csp" data-placeholder-focus="false" lang="<?php p($_['language']); ?>" ><!--<![endif]-->
 	<head data-requesttoken="<?php p($_['requesttoken']); ?>">
+		<meta charset="utf-8">
 		<title>
 		<?php p($theme->getTitle()); ?>
 		</title>
-		<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
 		<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1" />
 		<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, minimum-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0">
 		<meta name="apple-itunes-app" content="app-id=<?php p($theme->getiTunesAppId()); ?>">
diff --git a/core/templates/layout.user.php b/core/templates/layout.user.php
index d8d3ee92ef0..9f8daa5cad3 100644
--- a/core/templates/layout.user.php
+++ b/core/templates/layout.user.php
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 <!--[if IE 9]><html class="ng-csp ie ie9 lte9" data-placeholder-focus="false" lang="<?php p($_['language']); ?>" ><![endif]-->
 <!--[if (gt IE 9)|!(IE)]><!--><html class="ng-csp" data-placeholder-focus="false" lang="<?php p($_['language']); ?>" ><!--<![endif]-->
 	<head data-user="<?php p($_['user_uid']); ?>" data-requesttoken="<?php p($_['requesttoken']); ?>">
+		<meta charset="utf-8">
 		<title>
 			<?php
 				p(!empty($_['application'])?$_['application'].' - ':'');
 				p($theme->getTitle());
 			?>
 		</title>
-		<meta charset="utf-8">
 		<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1" />
 		<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0">
 		<meta name="apple-itunes-app" content="app-id=<?php p($theme->getiTunesAppId()); ?>">
