diff --git a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/env/PropertiesPropertySourceLoader.java b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/env/PropertiesPropertySourceLoader.java
index d09e630aea8..7f3eb266681 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/env/PropertiesPropertySourceLoader.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/env/PropertiesPropertySourceLoader.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import java.util.Properties;
 import org.springframework.core.env.PropertiesPropertySource;
 import org.springframework.core.env.PropertySource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
-import org.springframework.core.io.support.EncodedResource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.support.PropertiesLoaderUtils;
 
 /**
@@ -42,8 +41,7 @@ public class PropertiesPropertySourceLoader implements PropertySourceLoader {
 	public PropertySource<?> load(String name, Resource resource, String profile)
 			throws IOException {
 		if (profile == null) {
-			Properties properties = PropertiesLoaderUtils
-					.loadProperties(new EncodedResource(resource, "UTF-8"));
+			Properties properties = PropertiesLoaderUtils.loadProperties(resource);
 			if (!properties.isEmpty()) {
 				return new PropertiesPropertySource(name, properties);
 			}
diff --git a/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/env/PropertiesPropertySourceLoaderTests.java b/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/env/PropertiesPropertySourceLoaderTests.java
index 6f719dfd512..f5e08c24bf8 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/env/PropertiesPropertySourceLoaderTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/env/PropertiesPropertySourceLoaderTests.java
@@ -46,13 +46,6 @@ public class PropertiesPropertySourceLoaderTests {
 		assertThat(source.getProperty("test"), equalTo((Object) "properties"));
 	}
 
-	@Test
-	public void loadPropertiesEncoded() throws Exception {
-		PropertySource<?> source = this.loader.load("encoded.properties",
-				new ClassPathResource("test-encoded.properties", getClass()), null);
-		assertThat(source.getProperty("test"), equalTo((Object) "prकperties"));
-	}
-
 	@Test
 	public void loadXml() throws Exception {
 		PropertySource<?> source = this.loader.load("test.xml",
diff --git a/spring-boot/src/test/resources/org/springframework/boot/env/test-encoded.properties b/spring-boot/src/test/resources/org/springframework/boot/env/test-encoded.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 66c76610011..00000000000
--- a/spring-boot/src/test/resources/org/springframework/boot/env/test-encoded.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-test=prकperties