diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a61b64d8f..7e3ec279b 100755
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ $Source$
     * libraries/display_export.lib.php3, libraries/functions.js: Some
       javascript cleanup.
     * db_details_links.php3: Display Query tab even with no tables.
+    * libraries/charset_conversion.lib.php3: Default iconv parameters to empty
+      string.
 
 2003-06-04 Marc Delisle  <lem9@users.sourceforge.net>
     * libraries/sqlparser.lib.php3: bug 592692, pretty printer
diff --git a/libraries/charset_conversion.lib.php3 b/libraries/charset_conversion.lib.php3
index 39f2b6873..d93303bfb 100644
--- a/libraries/charset_conversion.lib.php3
+++ b/libraries/charset_conversion.lib.php3
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ if (!defined('PMA_CHARSET_CONVERSION_LIB_INCLUDED')){
     define('PMA_CHARSET_RECODE', 3);
 
     if (!isset($cfg['IconvExtraParams'])) {
-        $cfg['IconvExtraParams'] = '//IGNORE';
+        $cfg['IconvExtraParams'] = '';
     }
 
     // Finally detects which function will we use: