1 files changed, 2 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/collectstats.pl b/collectstats.pl
index 339e428bc..b874c5195 100755
--- a/collectstats.pl
+++ b/collectstats.pl
@@ -173,9 +173,7 @@ sub collect_stats {
           || ThrowCodeError('chart_file_open_fail', {'filename' => $file});
     }
 
-    if (Bugzilla->params->{'utf8'}) {
-        binmode DATA, ':utf8';
-    }
+    binmode DATA, ':utf8';
 
     # Now collect current data.
     my @row = (today());
@@ -234,9 +232,7 @@ sub get_old_data {
     open(DATA, '<', $file)
       || ThrowCodeError('chart_file_open_fail', {'filename' => $file});
 
-    if (Bugzilla->params->{'utf8'}) {
-        binmode DATA, ':utf8';
-    }
+    binmode DATA, ':utf8';
 
     my @data;
     my @columns;