diff --git a/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/config/ConfigKeys.java b/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/config/ConfigKeys.java
index f5c37f9ba..b912f3e95 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/config/ConfigKeys.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/config/ConfigKeys.java
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ public final class ConfigKeys {
         int minIdle = c.getInt("data.pool-settings.minimum-idle", maxPoolSize);
         int maxLifetime = c.getInt("data.pool-settings.maximum-lifetime", 1800000);
         int connectionTimeout = c.getInt("data.pool-settings.connection-timeout", 5000);
-        Map<String, String> props = ImmutableMap.copyOf(c.getMap("data.pool-settings.properties", ImmutableMap.of("useUnicode", "true", "characterEncoding", "utf8")));
+        Map<String, String> props = ImmutableMap.copyOf(c.getMap("data.pool-settings.properties", ImmutableMap.of()));
 
         return new StorageCredentials(
                 c.getString("data.address", null),