diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/webview/ReactWebViewManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/webview/ReactWebViewManager.java
index 3377bda0d..557aff02b 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/webview/ReactWebViewManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/webview/ReactWebViewManager.java
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public class ReactWebViewManager extends SimpleViewManager<WebView> {
   protected static final String REACT_CLASS = "RCTWebView";
 
   protected static final String HTML_ENCODING = "UTF-8";
-  protected static final String HTML_MIME_TYPE = "text/html; charset=utf-8";
+  protected static final String HTML_MIME_TYPE = "text/html";
   protected static final String BRIDGE_NAME = "__REACT_WEB_VIEW_BRIDGE";
 
   protected static final String HTTP_METHOD_POST = "POST";