1 files changed, 0 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Smsg.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Smsg.pm
index 2026c7d9..b132381b 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Smsg.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Smsg.pm
@@ -99,9 +99,6 @@ sub populate {
                  # to protect git and NNTP clients
                  $val =~ tr/\0\t\n/   /;
  
-                # rare: in case headers have wide chars (not RFC2047-encoded)
-                utf8::decode($val);
-
                  # lower-case fields for read-only stuff
                  $self->{lc($f)} = $val;