diff --git a/components/fpspreadsheet/source/common/fpscsv.pas b/components/fpspreadsheet/source/common/fpscsv.pas
index 98c428327..14ad03ea3 100644
--- a/components/fpspreadsheet/source/common/fpscsv.pas
+++ b/components/fpspreadsheet/source/common/fpscsv.pas
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ uses
   fpsUtils, fpsNumFormat;
 
 const
-  DEFAULT_ENCODING = 'utf8bom';
+  DEFAULT_ENCODING = 'utf8'; //'utf8bom';
 
 function LineEndingAsString(ALineEnding: TsCSVLineEnding): String;
 begin