diff --git a/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/client/model/animation/Animation.java b/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/client/model/animation/Animation.java
index 27c6f187a2..00b231d7c9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/client/model/animation/Animation.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/client/model/animation/Animation.java
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package net.minecraftforge.client.model.animation;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
-import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 
 import net.minecraft.client.resources.IResource;
 import net.minecraft.client.resources.IResourceManager;
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ public enum Animation implements IResourceManagerReloadListener
             Clips.CommonClipTypeAdapterFactory.INSTANCE.setClipResolver(clipResolver);
             TimeValues.CommonTimeValueTypeAdapterFactory.INSTANCE.setValueResolver(parameterResolver);
             IResource resource = manager.getResource(location);
-            AnimationStateMachine asm = asmGson.fromJson(new InputStreamReader(resource.getInputStream(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8), AnimationStateMachine.class);
+            AnimationStateMachine asm = asmGson.fromJson(new InputStreamReader(resource.getInputStream(), "UTF-8"), AnimationStateMachine.class);
             clipResolver.asm = asm;
             parameterResolver.asm = asm;
             asm.initialize();
@@ -97,7 +96,7 @@ public enum Animation implements IResourceManagerReloadListener
                 // this is normal. FIXME: error reporting?
                 return defaultModelBlockAnimation;
             }
-            ModelBlockAnimation mba = mbaGson.fromJson(new InputStreamReader(resource.getInputStream(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8), ModelBlockAnimation.class);
+            ModelBlockAnimation mba = mbaGson.fromJson(new InputStreamReader(resource.getInputStream(), "UTF-8"), ModelBlockAnimation.class);
             String json = mbaGson.toJson(mba);
             return mba;
         }