1 files changed, 1 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/rdoc/rdoc.rb b/lib/rdoc/rdoc.rb
index 10daefd5b9..b2c7d55b77 100644
--- a/lib/rdoc/rdoc.rb
+++ b/lib/rdoc/rdoc.rb
@@ -380,11 +380,7 @@ The internal error was:
   end
 
   def read_file_contents(filename)
-    content = if RUBY_VERSION >= '1.9' then
-                File.open(filename, "r:ascii-8bit") { |f| f.read }
-              else
-                File.read filename
-              end
+    content = File.open(filename, "rb") { |f| f.read }
 
     if defined? Encoding then
       if /coding[=:]\s*([^\s;]+)/i =~ content[%r"\A(?:#!.*\n)?.*\n"]