diff --git a/lua/telescope/builtin/__files.lua b/lua/telescope/builtin/__files.lua
index 1a1757d..339ede6 100644
--- a/lua/telescope/builtin/__files.lua
+++ b/lua/telescope/builtin/__files.lua
@@ -126,6 +126,10 @@ files.live_grep = function(opts)
     end
   end
 
+  if opts.file_encoding then
+    additional_args[#additional_args + 1] = "--encoding=" .. opts.file_encoding
+  end
+
   local args = flatten { vimgrep_arguments, additional_args }
   opts.__inverted, opts.__matches = opts_contain_invert(args)
 
@@ -187,6 +191,10 @@ files.grep_string = function(opts)
     end
   end
 
+  if opts.file_encoding then
+    additional_args[#additional_args + 1] = "--encoding=" .. opts.file_encoding
+  end
+
   if search == "" then
     search = { "-v", "--", "^[[:space:]]*$" }
   else
diff --git a/lua/telescope/make_entry.lua b/lua/telescope/make_entry.lua
index 690db65..68af228 100644
--- a/lua/telescope/make_entry.lua
+++ b/lua/telescope/make_entry.lua
@@ -326,10 +326,9 @@ do
           end
         end
 
-        local text = opts.file_encoding and vim.iconv(entry.text, opts.file_encoding, "utf8") or entry.text
         local display, hl_group, icon = utils.transform_devicons(
           entry.filename,
-          string.format(display_string, display_filename, coordinates, text),
+          string.format(display_string, display_filename, coordinates, entry.text),
           disable_devicons
         )