diff -urN qgis-ltr.orig/files/patch-cmake_Txt2Tags.cmake qgis-ltr/files/patch-cmake_Txt2Tags.cmake
--- qgis-ltr.orig/files/patch-cmake_Txt2Tags.cmake	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ qgis-ltr/files/patch-cmake_Txt2Tags.cmake	2020-02-09 11:59:04.152761000 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- cmake/Txt2Tags.cmake.orig	2019-08-16 12:03:55 UTC
++++ cmake/Txt2Tags.cmake
+@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ MACRO(ADD_TXT2TAGS_FILES _sources)
+     ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND(
+       OUTPUT ${_out}
+       COMMAND ${TXT2TAGS_EXECUTABLE}
+-      ARGS --encoding=utf-8 -o${_out} -t txt ${_in}
++      ARGS -o${_out} -t txt ${_in}
+       DEPENDS ${_in}
+       COMMENT "Building ${_out} from ${_in}"
+       )
+@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ MACRO(ADD_TXT2TAGS_FILES _sources)
+     ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND(
+       OUTPUT ${_out}.html
+       COMMAND ${TXT2TAGS_EXECUTABLE}
+-      ARGS --encoding=utf-8 -o${_out}.html -t html ${_in}
++      ARGS -o${_out}.html -t html ${_in}
+       DEPENDS ${_in}
+       COMMENT "Building ${_out}.html from ${_in}"
+       )
diff -urN qgis-ltr.orig/files/patch-doc_INSTALL.html qgis-ltr/files/patch-doc_INSTALL.html
--- qgis-ltr.orig/files/patch-doc_INSTALL.html	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ qgis-ltr/files/patch-doc_INSTALL.html	2020-02-09 11:59:04.154076000 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+--- doc/INSTALL.html.orig	2019-08-16 12:03:55 UTC
++++ doc/INSTALL.html
+@@ -3113,5 +3113,5 @@ The following people have contributed to this document
+ 
+ </DIV>
+ <!-- html code generated by txt2tags 2.6 (http://txt2tags.org) -->
+-<!-- cmdline: txt2tags -\-encoding=utf-8 -o/home/fischer/src/qgis-3.4/debian/build/doc/INSTALL.html -t html /home/fischer/src/qgis-3.4/doc/INSTALL.t2t -->
++<!-- cmdline: txt2tags -o/home/fischer/src/qgis-3.4/debian/build/doc/INSTALL.html -t html /home/fischer/src/qgis-3.4/doc/INSTALL.t2t -->
+ </BODY></HTML>
diff -urN qgis-ltr.orig/files/patch-doc_INSTALL.t2t qgis-ltr/files/patch-doc_INSTALL.t2t
--- qgis-ltr.orig/files/patch-doc_INSTALL.t2t	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ qgis-ltr/files/patch-doc_INSTALL.t2t	2020-02-09 11:59:04.155408000 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- doc/INSTALL.t2t.orig	2020-02-09 10:55:48 UTC
++++ doc/INSTALL.t2t
+@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Building QGIS from source - step by step
+ %! PostProc(html):  \(R\)   &reg;
+ % Next line will replace tabs with 2 spaces in txt generated outputs
+ %! PostProc(txt): '(?i)(\t)' '  '
+-%! encoding: iso-8859-1
++%! encoding: utf-8
+ %
+ % Tex processing
+ %
+@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Building QGIS from source - step by step
+ %! PostProc(tex): NEWPAGE  '\\newpage'
+ % Give alternating table rows different colors and use a smaller font in tables (\tiny)
+ %! PostProc(tex): '\\begin{tabular}' '\\rowcolors{2}{tableShade}{white} \n\\tiny\\begin{tabular}'
+-%! encoding: iso-8859-1
++%! encoding: utf-8
+ 
+ %! PostProc(tex): WALLPAPER-IMAGE 'qgis-footer.png'
+ % These are comments and will not be generated in any output
diff -urN qgis-ltr.orig/files/patch-doc_news.html qgis-ltr/files/patch-doc_news.html
--- qgis-ltr.orig/files/patch-doc_news.html	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ qgis-ltr/files/patch-doc_news.html	2020-02-09 11:59:04.156733000 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+--- doc/news.html.orig	2019-08-16 12:03:55 UTC
++++ doc/news.html
+@@ -3447,5 +3447,5 @@ July 6, 2002
+ </DIV>
+ 
+ <!-- html code generated by txt2tags 2.6 (http://txt2tags.org) -->
+-<!-- cmdline: txt2tags -\-encoding=utf-8 -o/home/fischer/src/qgis/debian/build/doc/news.html -t html /home/fischer/src/qgis/doc/news.t2t -->
++<!-- cmdline: txt2tags -o/home/fischer/src/qgis/debian/build/doc/news.html -t html /home/fischer/src/qgis/doc/news.t2t -->
+ </BODY></HTML>
diff -urN qgis-ltr.orig/files/patch-doc_news.t2t qgis-ltr/files/patch-doc_news.t2t
--- qgis-ltr.orig/files/patch-doc_news.t2t	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ qgis-ltr/files/patch-doc_news.t2t	2020-02-09 11:59:04.158036000 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- doc/news.t2t.orig	2020-02-09 10:55:48 UTC
++++ doc/news.t2t
+@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Change history for the QGIS Project
+ %! PostProc(html): '(?i)(</pre>)' '\1</div>'
+ % Next line will replace tabs with 2 spaces in txt generated outputs
+ %! PostProc(txt): '(?i)(\t)' '  '
+-%! encoding: iso-8859-1
++%! encoding: utf-8
+ %
+ % These are comments and will not be generated in any output
+ % -------------------
diff -urN qgis-ltr.orig/files/patch-scripts_release.pl qgis-ltr/files/patch-scripts_release.pl
--- qgis-ltr.orig/files/patch-scripts_release.pl	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ qgis-ltr/files/patch-scripts_release.pl	2020-02-09 11:59:04.161175000 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- scripts/release.pl.orig	2019-08-16 12:03:55 UTC
++++ scripts/release.pl
+@@ -183,8 +183,8 @@ run( "cp debian/changelog /tmp", "backup changelog fai
+ unless( $dopoint ) {
+ 	run( "perl -i -pe 's/qgis-dev-deps/qgis-ltr-deps/;' doc/msvc.t2t", "could not update osgeo4w deps package" ) if $doltr;
+ 	run( "perl -i -pe 's/qgis-dev-deps/qgis-rel-deps/;' doc/msvc.t2t", "could not update osgeo4w deps package" ) unless $doltr;
+-	run( "txt2tags --encoding=utf-8 -odoc/INSTALL.html -t html doc/INSTALL.t2t", "could not update INSTALL.html" );
+-	run( "txt2tags --encoding=utf-8 -oINSTALL -t txt doc/INSTALL.t2t", "could not update INSTALL" );
++	run( "txt2tags -odoc/INSTALL.html -t html doc/INSTALL.t2t", "could not update INSTALL.html" );
++	run( "txt2tags -oINSTALL -t txt doc/INSTALL.t2t", "could not update INSTALL" );
+ 
+ 	run( "cp -v images/splash/splash-$newmajor.$newminor.png images/splash/splash.png", "splash png switch failed" );
+ 	run( "convert -resize 164x314 ms-windows/Installer-Files/WelcomeFinishPage-$newmajor.$newminor.png BMP3:ms-windows/Installer-Files/WelcomeFinishPage.bmp", "installer bitmap switch failed" );
diff -urN qgis-ltr.orig/files/patch-scripts_update-news.pl qgis-ltr/files/patch-scripts_update-news.pl
--- qgis-ltr.orig/files/patch-scripts_update-news.pl	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ qgis-ltr/files/patch-scripts_update-news.pl	2020-02-09 11:59:04.162460000 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- scripts/update-news.pl.orig	2019-08-16 12:03:55 UTC
++++ scripts/update-news.pl
+@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ close $in;
+ 
+ copy($tempfile, "doc/news.t2t");
+ 
+-system "txt2tags --encoding=utf-8 -odoc/news.html -t html doc/news.t2t";
+-system "txt2tags --encoding=utf-8 -oNEWS -t txt doc/news.t2t";
++system "txt2tags -odoc/news.html -t html doc/news.t2t";
++system "txt2tags -oNEWS -t txt doc/news.t2t";
+ 
+ =head1 NAME
+