diff --git a/lib/entropy/db/sql.py b/lib/entropy/db/sql.py
index 3f6e1809b..152fb5a78 100644
--- a/lib/entropy/db/sql.py
+++ b/lib/entropy/db/sql.py
@@ -1751,9 +1751,6 @@ class EntropySQLRepository(EntropyRepositoryBase):
                     x = self._iter.next()
                     return self._package_id, x, self._content[x]
 
-        # Needed for fix files with not ascii chars
-        self._connection().unicode()
-
         if already_formatted:
             self._cursor().executemany("""
             INSERT INTO content VALUES (?, ?, ?)