diff --git a/ponysay b/ponysay
index 891ec7f..99292cc 100755
--- a/ponysay
+++ b/ponysay
@@ -19,7 +19,4 @@ function wtrunc {
     fi
 }
 
-# Ponies use UTF-8 drawing characters. Prevent a Perl warning.
-export PERL_UNICODE=S
-
 "$0.py" "$@" | wtrunc