1 files changed, 0 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/op.c b/op.c
index 72c0352708..f52ea291d3 100644
--- a/op.c
+++ b/op.c
@@ -3002,16 +3002,12 @@ Perl_pmruntime(pTHX_ OP *o, OP *expr, OP *repl)
 	    p = SvPV(pat, plen);
 	    pm->op_pmflags |= PMf_SKIPWHITE;
 	}
-	if (DO_UTF8(pat))
-	    pm->op_pmdynflags |= PMdf_UTF8;
 	PM_SETRE(pm, CALLREGCOMP(aTHX_ p, p + plen, pm));
 	if (strEQ("\\s+", PM_GETRE(pm)->precomp))
 	    pm->op_pmflags |= PMf_WHITE;
 	op_free(expr);
     }
     else {
-	if (!IN_BYTES)
-	    pm->op_pmdynflags |= PMdf_UTF8;
 	if (pm->op_pmflags & PMf_KEEP || !(PL_hints & HINT_RE_EVAL))
 	    expr = newUNOP((!(PL_hints & HINT_RE_EVAL)
 			    ? OP_REGCRESET