diff --git a/program/lib/MDB2/Driver/mssql.php b/program/lib/MDB2/Driver/mssql.php
index a16e33cbe..027447b08 100644
--- a/program/lib/MDB2/Driver/mssql.php
+++ b/program/lib/MDB2/Driver/mssql.php
@@ -349,12 +349,14 @@ class MDB2_Driver_mssql extends MDB2_Driver_Common
 
         @mssql_query('SET ANSI_NULL_DFLT_ON ON', $connection);
 
+/*
         if (!empty($this->dsn['charset'])) {
             $result = $this->setCharset($this->dsn['charset'], $connection);
             if (PEAR::isError($result)) {
                 return $result;
             }
         }
+*/
 
        if ((bool)ini_get('mssql.datetimeconvert')) {
            @ini_set('mssql.datetimeconvert', '0');
diff --git a/program/lib/MDB2/Driver/sqlite.php b/program/lib/MDB2/Driver/sqlite.php
index e48bac329..c8c485de6 100644
--- a/program/lib/MDB2/Driver/sqlite.php
+++ b/program/lib/MDB2/Driver/sqlite.php
@@ -412,12 +412,14 @@ class MDB2_Driver_sqlite extends MDB2_Driver_Common
                 'unable to establish a connection', __FUNCTION__);
             }
 
+/*
             if (!empty($this->dsn['charset'])) {
                 $result = $this->setCharset($this->dsn['charset'], $connection);
                 if (PEAR::isError($result)) {
                     return $result;
                 }
             }
+*/
 
             $this->connection = $connection;
             $this->connected_dsn = $this->dsn;