diff --git a/conda/shell/condabin/_conda_activate.bat b/conda/shell/condabin/_conda_activate.bat
index af05caba96e..f41c20ede80 100644
--- a/conda/shell/condabin/_conda_activate.bat
+++ b/conda/shell/condabin/_conda_activate.bat
@@ -50,4 +50,3 @@
 @IF "%CONDA_TEST_SAVE_TEMPS%x"=="x" @DEL /F /Q "%_TEMP_SCRIPT_PATH%"
 @SET _TEMP_SCRIPT_PATH=
 @SET "PROMPT=%CONDA_PROMPT_MODIFIER%%PROMPT%" 
-@IF DEFINED PYTHONIOENCODING chcp %PYTHONIOENCODING:~2% > NUL