diff --git a/tools/songdb.pl b/tools/songdb.pl
index cba30492da..5f162433d4 100755
--- a/tools/songdb.pl
+++ b/tools/songdb.pl
@@ -299,7 +299,6 @@ sub dodir {
     }
 }
 
-use_mp3_utf8(1);
 dodir($dir);
 print "\n";