diff --git a/lib/hoptoad.rb b/lib/hoptoad.rb
index 374bb33..7e84723 100644
--- a/lib/hoptoad.rb
+++ b/lib/hoptoad.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ module Hoptoad
   end
 
   def self.parse_xml!(xml)
-    xml = xml.unpack('C*').pack('U*')  # Repack string into Unicode to fix invalid UTF-8 chars
     parsed = ActiveSupport::XmlMini.backend.parse(xml)['notice'] || raise(ApiVersionError)
     processor = get_version_processor(parsed['version'])
     processor.process_notice(parsed)
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