1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/t/io/utf8.t b/t/io/utf8.t
index ac5cde7a6e..fee0fe6ace 100755
--- a/t/io/utf8.t
+++ b/t/io/utf8.t
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ BEGIN {
     }
 }
 
+no utf8; # so that the naked 8-bit chars won't gripe under use utf8
+
 $| = 1;
 my $total_tests = 25;
 if (ord('A') == 193) { $total_tests = 24; } # EBCDIC platforms do not warn on UTF-8