diff --git a/wp-content/themes/twentyten/header.php b/wp-content/themes/twentyten/header.php
index c178cd9754..b50120e6d4 100644
--- a/wp-content/themes/twentyten/header.php
+++ b/wp-content/themes/twentyten/header.php
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html <?php language_attributes(); ?>>
 <head>
+	<meta charset="<?php bloginfo('charset'); ?>" />
+
     <title><?php
         if ( is_single() ) {
 			single_post_title(); echo ' | '; bloginfo('name');
@@ -17,8 +19,6 @@
 		}
     ?></title>
 
-	<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="<?php bloginfo('html_type'); ?>; charset=<?php bloginfo('charset'); ?>" />
-
 	<link rel="profile" href="http://gmpg.org/xfn/11" />
 	<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="all" href="<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_url'); ?>" />
 	<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="print" href="<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_directory'); ?>/print.css" />
