diff --git a/plugins/maven/jps-plugin/src/org/jetbrains/jps/maven/compiler/MavenCommonArtifactRootCopyingHandlerProvider.java b/plugins/maven/jps-plugin/src/org/jetbrains/jps/maven/compiler/MavenCommonArtifactRootCopyingHandlerProvider.java
index 65973a4856f4..57a561be54ec 100644
--- a/plugins/maven/jps-plugin/src/org/jetbrains/jps/maven/compiler/MavenCommonArtifactRootCopyingHandlerProvider.java
+++ b/plugins/maven/jps-plugin/src/org/jetbrains/jps/maven/compiler/MavenCommonArtifactRootCopyingHandlerProvider.java
@@ -59,8 +59,7 @@ public class MavenCommonArtifactRootCopyingHandlerProvider extends ArtifactRootC
         projectConfiguration.moduleConfigurations.get(getModuleName(artifact.getName()));
       if (moduleResourceConfiguration != null && moduleResourceConfiguration.manifest != null) {
         try {
-          final String manifest = new String(Base64.decode(moduleResourceConfiguration.manifest));
-          FileUtil.writeToFile(root, manifest);
+          FileUtil.writeToFile(root, Base64.decode(moduleResourceConfiguration.manifest));
         }
         catch (IOException e) {
           LOG.debug(e);
diff --git a/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/project/MavenResourceCompilerConfigurationGenerator.java b/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/project/MavenResourceCompilerConfigurationGenerator.java
index 85b1cb0aa4e7..795aac27c5a7 100644
--- a/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/project/MavenResourceCompilerConfigurationGenerator.java
+++ b/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/project/MavenResourceCompilerConfigurationGenerator.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.util.JDOMUtil;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.io.FileUtil;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.io.StreamUtil;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.text.StringUtil;
+import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.CharsetToolkit;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.LocalFileSystem;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VfsUtil;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile;
@@ -227,8 +228,8 @@ public class MavenResourceCompilerConfigurationGenerator {
       try {
         manifest.write(outputStream);
         MavenDomProjectModel domModel = MavenDomUtil.getMavenDomProjectModel(module.getProject(), mavenProject.getFile());
-        final String resolvedText = MavenPropertyResolver.resolve(outputStream.toString("UTF8"), domModel);
-        resourceConfig.manifest = Base64.encode(resolvedText.getBytes("UTF8"));
+        final String resolvedText = MavenPropertyResolver.resolve(outputStream.toString(CharsetToolkit.UTF8), domModel);
+        resourceConfig.manifest = Base64.encode(resolvedText.getBytes(CharsetToolkit.UTF8));
       }
       finally {
         StreamUtil.closeStream(outputStream);