1 files changed, 0 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/src/server/game/Handlers/ChannelHandler.cpp b/src/server/game/Handlers/ChannelHandler.cpp
index 9dd904326f0..832429dc222 100644
--- a/src/server/game/Handlers/ChannelHandler.cpp
+++ b/src/server/game/Handlers/ChannelHandler.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 #include "ObjectMgr.h"                                      // for normalizePlayerName
 #include "Player.h"
 #include <cctype>
-#include <utf8.h>
 
 static size_t const MAX_CHANNEL_PASS_STR = 31;
 
@@ -57,12 +56,6 @@ void WorldSession::HandleJoinChannel(WorldPacket& recvPacket)
         return;
     }
 
-    if (!utf8::is_valid(channelName.begin(), channelName.end()))
-    {
-        TC_LOG_ERROR("network", "Player %s tried to create a channel with an invalid UTF8 sequence - blocked", GetPlayer()->GetGUID().ToString().c_str());
-        return;
-    }
-
     if (!ValidateHyperlinksAndMaybeKick(channelName))
         return;