diff -ur debhelper.orig/Makefile debhelper.0-no-utf8-to-pod2man/Makefile
--- debhelper.orig/Makefile	2010-04-07 03:52:10.000000000 +0200
+++ debhelper.0-no-utf8-to-pod2man/Makefile	2010-05-13 18:49:51.141294947 +0200
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 PERLLIBDIR=$(shell perl -MConfig -e 'print $$Config{vendorlib}')/Debian/Debhelper
 
-POD2MAN=pod2man --utf8 -c Debhelper -r "$(VERSION)"
+POD2MAN=pod2man -c Debhelper -r "$(VERSION)"
 
 # l10n to be built is determined from .po files
 LANGS=$(notdir $(basename $(wildcard man/po4a/po/*.po)))