diff --git a/libraries/joomla/media/compressor/js.php b/libraries/joomla/media/compressor/js.php
index ae4aea2050..e16ba1c8f2 100644
--- a/libraries/joomla/media/compressor/js.php
+++ b/libraries/joomla/media/compressor/js.php
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ private function _changeCharEncoding()
 	{
 		$encoding = mb_internal_encoding();
 
-		if (function_exists('mb_strlen') && (ini_get('mbstring.func_overload') == 2) && $this->_options['CHANGE_ENCODING'])
+		if (function_exists('mb_strlen') && (ini_get('mbstring.func_overload') == 2) )
 		{
 			mb_internal_encoding('8bit');
 		}