X-Git-Url: http://www.git.stargrave.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=lib%2FPublicInbox%2FSmsg.pm;h=b132381b4ab2c3a93fd78b1fe042d1710a2c3fe8;hb=5198c976ce8b1954f0f76a0da152cc434411f147;hp=2026c7d900f65c057ba4a1d8a4bea6c0c9ca400e;hpb=2bd8f48268ac24a4d3cac326a89099639ae1d170;p=public-inbox.git

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;