diff --git a/inc/functions.php b/inc/functions.php
index 71231203..54a8603f 100755
--- a/inc/functions.php
+++ b/inc/functions.php
@@ -2047,9 +2047,6 @@ function markup(&$body, $track_cites = false, $op = false) {
 	$body = str_replace("\r", '', $body);
 	$body = utf8tohtml($body);
 
-	if (mysql_version() < 50503)
-		$body = mb_encode_numericentity($body, array(0x010000, 0xffffff, 0, 0xffffff), 'UTF-8');
-
 	if ($config['markup_code']) {
 		$code_markup = array();
 		$body = preg_replace_callback($config['markup_code'], function($matches) use (&$code_markup) {