diff --git a/spring-datastore-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/datastore/redis/connection/RedisConnection.java b/spring-datastore-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/datastore/redis/connection/RedisConnection.java
index ce94a9911..46de8ffd7 100644
--- a/spring-datastore-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/datastore/redis/connection/RedisConnection.java
+++ b/spring-datastore-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/datastore/redis/connection/RedisConnection.java
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ public interface RedisConnection extends RedisCommands {
 
 	Object getNativeConnection();
 
-	String getEncoding();
-
 	/**
 	 * Indicates whether the connection is in "queue"(or "MULTI") mode or not.
 	 * When queueing, all commands are postponed until EXEC or DISCARD commands
diff --git a/spring-datastore-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/datastore/redis/connection/jedis/JedisConnection.java b/spring-datastore-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/datastore/redis/connection/jedis/JedisConnection.java
index 075e15542..b398c8b63 100644
--- a/spring-datastore-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/datastore/redis/connection/jedis/JedisConnection.java
+++ b/spring-datastore-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/datastore/redis/connection/jedis/JedisConnection.java
@@ -86,11 +86,6 @@ public class JedisConnection implements RedisConnection {
 		}
 	}
 
-	@Override
-	public String getEncoding() {
-		return "UTF-8";
-	}
-
 	@Override
 	public Jedis getNativeConnection() {
 		return jedis;
diff --git a/spring-datastore-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/datastore/redis/connection/jredis/JredisConnection.java b/spring-datastore-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/datastore/redis/connection/jredis/JredisConnection.java
index 371ba1876..e549adf9d 100644
--- a/spring-datastore-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/datastore/redis/connection/jredis/JredisConnection.java
+++ b/spring-datastore-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/datastore/redis/connection/jredis/JredisConnection.java
@@ -55,11 +55,6 @@ public class JredisConnection implements RedisConnection {
 
 	}
 
-	@Override
-	public String getEncoding() {
-		return encoding;
-	}
-
 	@Override
 	public JRedis getNativeConnection() {
 		return jredis;