diff --git a/IPython/nbconvert/templates/latex/base.tplx b/IPython/nbconvert/templates/latex/base.tplx
index 5bcdb53..1c23d8d 100644
--- a/IPython/nbconvert/templates/latex/base.tplx
+++ b/IPython/nbconvert/templates/latex/base.tplx
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ This template does not define a docclass, the inheriting class must define this.
     \usepackage{geometry} % Used to adjust the document margins
     \usepackage{amsmath} % Equations
     \usepackage{amssymb} % Equations
-    \usepackage[mathletters,combine]{ucs} % Extended unicode (utf-8) support
+    \usepackage[mathletters]{ucs} % Extended unicode (utf-8) support
     \usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % Allow utf-8 characters in the tex document
     \usepackage{fancyvrb} % verbatim replacement that allows latex
     \usepackage{grffile} % extends the file name processing of package graphics