diff --git a/uncompyle6/semantics/helper.py b/uncompyle6/semantics/helper.py
index 12ed09eb..73bf7f6b 100644
--- a/uncompyle6/semantics/helper.py
+++ b/uncompyle6/semantics/helper.py
@@ -181,14 +181,6 @@ def is_lambda_mode(compile_mode):
 
 
 def print_docstring(self, indent, docstring):
-    if isinstance(docstring, bytes):
-        try:
-            docstring_try = docstring.decode("utf8", errors="backslashreplace")
-        except Exception:
-            docstring = str(docstring)
-        else:
-            docstring = docstring_try
-
     quote = '"""'
     if docstring.find(quote) >= 0:
         if docstring.find("'''") == -1: