diff --git a/src/sbbs3/qwktomsg.cpp b/src/sbbs3/qwktomsg.cpp
index 2ea2c6ddff1b9da95586543e0f66b11b00b6c051..dbe7035700b4a8dee260596452a8a43dd501a8dc 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/qwktomsg.cpp
+++ b/src/sbbs3/qwktomsg.cpp
@@ -483,8 +483,6 @@ bool sbbs_t::qwk_import_msg(FILE *qwk_fp, char *hdrblk, uint blocks
 		const char* charset = FIDO_CHARSET_CP437;
 		if(msg->hdr.auxattr & MSG_HFIELDS_UTF8)
 			charset = FIDO_CHARSET_UTF8;
-		else if(str_is_ascii(body) && str_is_ascii(tail))
-			charset = FIDO_CHARSET_ASCII;
 		smb_hfield_str(msg, FIDOCHARSET, charset);
 	}