diff --git a/lib/Cake/Console/Templates/skel/View/Layouts/xml/default.ctp b/lib/Cake/Console/Templates/skel/View/Layouts/xml/default.ctp
index 566ca2158..1025a55f5 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Console/Templates/skel/View/Layouts/xml/default.ctp
+++ b/lib/Cake/Console/Templates/skel/View/Layouts/xml/default.ctp
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-<?php echo $xml->header(); ?>
-<?php echo $content_for_layout; ?>
\ No newline at end of file
+<?php echo '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="' . Configure::read('App.encoding') . '"?>'; ?>
+<?php echo $content_for_layout; ?>