diff --git a/sysui/desktop/menus/writer.desktop b/sysui/desktop/menus/writer.desktop
index 5a1206daa222..d0f19ad62292 100644
--- a/sysui/desktop/menus/writer.desktop
+++ b/sysui/desktop/menus/writer.desktop
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 [Desktop Entry]
 Version=1.0
-Encoding=UTF-8
 Terminal=false
 Icon=writer
 Type=Application
-InitialPreference=2
-Categories=Application;Office;X-Red-Hat-Base;X-SuSE-Core-Office;X-MandrivaLinux-Office-Wordprocessors;
+Categories=Office;X-Red-Hat-Base;X-SuSE-Core-Office;X-MandrivaLinux-Office-Wordprocessors;
 Exec=openoffice -writer %U
-MimeType=application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text;application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text-template;application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text-web;application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text-master;application/vnd.sun.xml.writer;application/vnd.sun.xml.writer.template;application/vnd.sun.xml.writer.global;application/vnd.stardivision.writer;application/msword;application/vnd.ms-word;application/x-doc;application/rtf;application/vnd.wordperfect;application/wordperfect
+MimeType=application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text;application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text-template;application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text-web;application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text-master;application/vnd.sun.xml.writer;application/vnd.sun.xml.writer.template;application/vnd.sun.xml.writer.global;application/vnd.stardivision.writer;application/msword;application/vnd.ms-word;application/x-doc;application/rtf;application/vnd.wordperfect;application/wordperfect;
 Name=%PRODUCTNAME Writer
 GenericName=Word Processor
 Comment=Create and edit text and graphics in letters, reports, documents and Web pages by using Writer.