diff --git a/code/Model/SiteTree.php b/code/Model/SiteTree.php
index 033f48dc00..6fb840531f 100755
--- a/code/Model/SiteTree.php
+++ b/code/Model/SiteTree.php
@@ -1284,8 +1284,7 @@ public function MetaComponents()
         $charset = ContentNegotiator::config()->uninherited('encoding');
         $tags['contentType'] = [
             'attributes' => [
-                'http-equiv' => 'Content-Type',
-                'content' => 'text/html; charset=' . $charset,
+                'charset' => $charset
             ],
         ];
         if ($this->MetaDescription) {