diff --git a/runtime/src/main/java/org/capnproto/Text.java b/runtime/src/main/java/org/capnproto/Text.java
index 51edafa..0f43432 100644
--- a/runtime/src/main/java/org/capnproto/Text.java
+++ b/runtime/src/main/java/org/capnproto/Text.java
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package org.capnproto;
 
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
-import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 
 public final class Text {
 
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ public final class Text {
 
         public Reader(String value) {
             try {
-                byte[] bytes = value.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8.name());
+                byte[] bytes = value.getBytes("UTF-8");
                 this.buffer = ByteBuffer.wrap(bytes);
                 this.offset = 0;
                 this.size = bytes.length;
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ public final class Text {
             this.buffer.get(bytes, 0, this.size);
 
             try {
-                return new String(bytes, StandardCharsets.UTF_8.name());
+                return new String(bytes, "UTF-8");
             } catch (java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
                 return "unsupported encoding"; // XXX
             }
@@ -64,7 +63,7 @@ public final class Text {
             this.buffer.get(bytes, 0, this.size);
 
             try {
-                return new String(bytes, StandardCharsets.UTF_8.name());
+                return new String(bytes, "UTF-8");
             } catch (java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
                 return "unsupported encoding"; // XXX
             }