diff --git a/scripts/manifest.py b/scripts/manifest.py
index 04f7405..81f9c61 100755
--- a/scripts/manifest.py
+++ b/scripts/manifest.py
@@ -123,4 +123,4 @@
 def write_xml(f, doc):
   f.write('<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>\n')
   for node in doc.childNodes:
-    f.write(node.toxml(encoding='utf-8') + '\n')
+    f.write(node.toxml() + '\n')