diff --git a/include/class.format.php b/include/class.format.php
index 5c188e497c0f28e423dbee7a59de3e5a21c93f0e..8bdb7fa46fdd8676c24887a7d49706f36219d9eb 100644
--- a/include/class.format.php
+++ b/include/class.format.php
@@ -42,9 +42,6 @@ class Format {
                 array('default','x-user-defined','iso','us-ascii')))
             $charset = 'ISO-8859-1';
 
-        if ($charset && strcasecmp($charset, $encoding) === 0)
-            return $text;
-
         $original = $text;
         if(function_exists('iconv') && $charset)
             $text = iconv($charset, $encoding.'//IGNORE', $text);