diff --git a/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/Resources/FriendsStore.migrations b/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/Resources/FriendsStore.migrations
index 6840f07131..1d72c5b577 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/Resources/FriendsStore.migrations
+++ b/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/Resources/FriendsStore.migrations
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `Friends` (
   `Offered` varchar(32) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
   PRIMARY KEY (`PrincipalID`(36),`Friend`(36)),
   KEY `PrincipalID` (`PrincipalID`)
-) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
 
 COMMIT;
diff --git a/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/Resources/Presence.migrations b/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/Resources/Presence.migrations
index 50aa756355..9c0ba01b8a 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/Resources/Presence.migrations
+++ b/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/Resources/Presence.migrations
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `Presence` (
   UNIQUE KEY `SessionID` (`SessionID`),
   KEY `UserID` (`UserID`),
   KEY `RegionID` (`RegionID`)
-) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
 
 COMMIT;