diff --git a/browser/locales/en-US/searchplugins/amazondotcom.src b/browser/locales/en-US/searchplugins/amazondotcom.src
index a126876bc7f..537fa7ce24e 100755
--- a/browser/locales/en-US/searchplugins/amazondotcom.src
+++ b/browser/locales/en-US/searchplugins/amazondotcom.src
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
    description="Amazon.com Search"
    method="GET"
    action="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search/" 
+   queryCharset="ISO-8859-1"
 >
 
 <input name="field-keywords" user>
diff --git a/browser/locales/en-US/searchplugins/dictionary.src b/browser/locales/en-US/searchplugins/dictionary.src
index b267e59a072..e69de29bb2d 100755
--- a/browser/locales/en-US/searchplugins/dictionary.src
+++ b/browser/locales/en-US/searchplugins/dictionary.src
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-# Mozilla/Dictionary.com plug-in by fissure@netscape.net
-# Updated by rebron@meer.net on 11 August 2004
-
-<SEARCH
-    version = "7.1" 
-   name="Dictionary.com"
-   description="Dictionary.com Search"
-   method="get"
-   action="http://www.dictionary.com/search"
->
-
-<input name="q" user>
-
-<interpret 
-    browserResultType="result" 
-    resultListStart="<!-- Content -->"
-    resultListEnd="For better results" 
-    resultItemStart="<p>" 
-    resultItemEnd="</p>"
->
-</search>
-
-<BROWSER
-   update="http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/plugins/dictionary.src" 
-   updateIcon="http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/plugins/dictionary.png" 
-   updateCheckDays="3"
->
-
diff --git a/browser/locales/en-US/searchplugins/eBay.src b/browser/locales/en-US/searchplugins/eBay.src
index d809e4b1b94..983fae258b3 100755
--- a/browser/locales/en-US/searchplugins/eBay.src
+++ b/browser/locales/en-US/searchplugins/eBay.src
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ name="eBay"
 description="eBay - Online actions"
 action="http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll"
 method="GET"
+queryCharset="ISO-8859-1"
 >
 
 <input name="query" user />