diff --git a/IkiWiki.pm b/IkiWiki.pm
index 4be5612f1..7be1c7f58 100644
--- a/IkiWiki.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki.pm
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 package IkiWiki;
 use warnings;
 use strict;
-use encoding "utf8";
+use encoding "utf8"; # force use of utf8 for io layer
+use Encode;
 
 use vars qw{%config %links %oldlinks %oldpagemtime %pagectime
             %renderedfiles %pagesources %depends %hooks};
@@ -393,7 +394,6 @@ sub saveindex () { #{{{
 sub template_params (@) { #{{{
 	my $filename=shift;
 	
-	require Encode;
 	require HTML::Template;
 	return filter => sub {
 			my $text_ref = shift;
diff --git a/IkiWiki/CGI.pm b/IkiWiki/CGI.pm
index b2d126977..73afe2468 100644
--- a/IkiWiki/CGI.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki/CGI.pm
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use strict;
 use IkiWiki;
 use IkiWiki::UserInfo;
 use encoding 'utf8'; # force use of utf8 for io layer
+use Encode;
 
 package IkiWiki;
 
@@ -352,7 +353,6 @@ sub cgi_editpage ($$) { #{{{
 		require IkiWiki::Render;
 		# Apparently FormBuilder doesn't not treat input as
 		# utf-8, so decode from it.
-		require Encode;
 		my $content = Encode::decode_utf8($form->field('editcontent'));
 		my $comments = Encode::decode_utf8($form->field('comments'));
 		$form->field(name => "editcontent",
@@ -442,7 +442,6 @@ sub cgi_editpage ($$) { #{{{
 		page_locked($page, $session);
 		
 		# Decode utf-8 since FormBuilder does not
-		require Encode;
 		my $content=Encode::decode_utf8($form->field('editcontent'));
 
 		$content=~s/\r\n/\n/g;
diff --git a/IkiWiki/Render.pm b/IkiWiki/Render.pm
index e778ff20c..960d1da1e 100644
--- a/IkiWiki/Render.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki/Render.pm
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use warnings;
 use strict;
 use File::Spec;
 use IkiWiki;
+use Encode;
 
 sub linkify ($$$) { #{{{
 	my $lpage=shift;
@@ -31,7 +32,6 @@ sub htmlize ($$) { #{{{
 		$blosxom::version="is a proper perl module too much to ask?";
 		use warnings 'all';
 		do "/usr/bin/markdown";
-		require Encode;
 	}
 	
 	if ($type eq '.mdwn') {
@@ -324,7 +324,6 @@ sub refresh () { #{{{
 	my %exists;
 	my @files;
 	eval q{use File::Find};
-	require Encode;
 	find({
 		no_chdir => 1,
 		wanted => sub {
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index a7e5f676f..eefa9e19c 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ ikiwiki (1.8) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     to be read as utf8.
   * Support pages with utf8 filenames. Patch by Faidon Liambotis.
 
- -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Mon,  3 Jul 2006 16:09:16 -0400
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Mon,  3 Jul 2006 16:17:20 -0400
 
 ikiwiki (1.7) unstable; urgency=low