diff --git a/apps/routerconsole/jsp/css.jsp b/apps/routerconsole/jsp/css.jsp
index affe83099..209cab2b6 100644
--- a/apps/routerconsole/jsp/css.jsp
+++ b/apps/routerconsole/jsp/css.jsp
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
    /*
     * This should be included inside <head>...</head>,
     * as it sets the stylesheet.
+    *
+    * This is included almost 30 times, so keep whitespace etc. to a minimum.
     */
 
    response.setHeader("Pragma", "no-cache");
@@ -15,7 +17,9 @@
        session.setAttribute("i2p.contextId", request.getParameter("i2p.contextId"));
    }
 %>
+<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
+<link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico">
 <jsp:useBean class="net.i2p.router.web.CSSHelper" id="cssHelper" scope="request" />
 <jsp:setProperty name="cssHelper" property="contextId" value="<%=(String)session.getAttribute("i2p.contextId")%>" />
 <link href="<%=cssHelper.getTheme(request.getHeader("User-Agent"))%>console.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
-<!--[if IE]><link href="/themes/console/classic/ieshim.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /><![endif]-->
\ No newline at end of file
+<!--[if IE]><link href="/themes/console/classic/ieshim.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /><![endif]-->
diff --git a/apps/routerconsole/jsp/error.jsp b/apps/routerconsole/jsp/error.jsp
index 92da24f4d..017efaa34 100644
--- a/apps/routerconsole/jsp/error.jsp
+++ b/apps/routerconsole/jsp/error.jsp
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
     // If it can't find the iframe or viewtheme.jsp I wonder if the whole thing blows up...
 %>
 <html><head><title>I2P Router Console</title>
-<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
 <%@include file="css.jsp" %>
 <link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico" /></head><body>
 <%
diff --git a/apps/routerconsole/jsp/index.jsp b/apps/routerconsole/jsp/index.jsp
index 2bef63752..b14f8e352 100644
--- a/apps/routerconsole/jsp/index.jsp
+++ b/apps/routerconsole/jsp/index.jsp
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 <html><head>
 <%@include file="css.jsp" %>
 <title>I2P Router Console - home</title>
-<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
-<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/themes/console/images/favicon.ico" />
 </head><body>
 <%
 if (System.getProperty("router.consoleNonce") == null) {
diff --git a/apps/routerconsole/jsp/summaryframe.jsp b/apps/routerconsole/jsp/summaryframe.jsp
index 05ad49ad7..5d1d9eb2b 100644
--- a/apps/routerconsole/jsp/summaryframe.jsp
+++ b/apps/routerconsole/jsp/summaryframe.jsp
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 <html><head>
 <%@include file="css.jsp" %>
 <title>Summary Bar</title>
-<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
 <%
     // try hard to avoid an error page in the iframe after shutdown
     String action = request.getParameter("action");
