diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/ui/FindAndReplaceUi.ui b/src/frontends/qt4/ui/FindAndReplaceUi.ui
index 50ed925180..96abc9b52b 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/ui/FindAndReplaceUi.ui
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/ui/FindAndReplaceUi.ui
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <ui version="4.0">
  <class>FindAndReplaceUi</class>
  <widget class="QTabWidget" name="FindAndReplaceUi">
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/ui/HyperlinkUi.ui b/src/frontends/qt4/ui/HyperlinkUi.ui
index bd9a061bfe..67e8bb3a10 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/ui/HyperlinkUi.ui
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/ui/HyperlinkUi.ui
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <ui version="4.0">
  <class>HyperlinkUi</class>
  <widget class="QWidget" name="HyperlinkUi">
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/ui/LabelUi.ui b/src/frontends/qt4/ui/LabelUi.ui
index 0679e2a689..714d28cc2b 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/ui/LabelUi.ui
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/ui/LabelUi.ui
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <ui version="4.0">
  <class>LabelUi</class>
  <widget class="QWidget" name="LabelUi">
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/ui/LineUi.ui b/src/frontends/qt4/ui/LineUi.ui
index 546418cad7..9bafc3f6c4 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/ui/LineUi.ui
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/ui/LineUi.ui
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <ui version="4.0">
  <class>LineUi</class>
  <widget class="QWidget" name="LineUi">
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/ui/NomenclUi.ui b/src/frontends/qt4/ui/NomenclUi.ui
index 4e47cfa5cf..c7431d09b9 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/ui/NomenclUi.ui
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/ui/NomenclUi.ui
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <ui version="4.0">
  <class>NomenclUi</class>
  <widget class="QWidget" name="NomenclUi">
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/ui/PrintNomenclUi.ui b/src/frontends/qt4/ui/PrintNomenclUi.ui
index d5f2cd625a..136d094788 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/ui/PrintNomenclUi.ui
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/ui/PrintNomenclUi.ui
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <ui version="4.0">
  <class>PrintNomenclUi</class>
  <widget class="QWidget" name="PrintNomenclUi">
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/ui/SpellcheckerUi.ui b/src/frontends/qt4/ui/SpellcheckerUi.ui
index 728736dea7..ac9b1ca4ff 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/ui/SpellcheckerUi.ui
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/ui/SpellcheckerUi.ui
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <ui version="4.0">
  <class>SpellcheckerUi</class>
  <widget class="QDockWidget" name="SpellcheckerUi">