diff --git a/modules/ui/modeline/config.el b/modules/ui/modeline/config.el
index e25aa9fd0..a7212ee61 100644
--- a/modules/ui/modeline/config.el
+++ b/modules/ui/modeline/config.el
@@ -503,8 +503,8 @@ Meant for `+modeline-buffer-path-function'."
              (cond ((eq category 'coding-category-undecided)
                     "")
                    ((or (eq category 'coding-category-utf-8)
-                        (eq (plist-get sys :name) 'prefer-utf-8))
-                    "UTF-8  ")
+                        (string-match-p "utf-8" (symbol-name (plist-get sys :name))))
+                    "")
                    ((concat (upcase (symbol-name (plist-get sys :name)))
                             "  ")))
              'help-echo (plist-get (coding-system-plist buffer-file-coding-system) :docstring)))))