diff --git a/lib/request/direct.py b/lib/request/direct.py
index 2c014f229..ca8ef944f 100644
--- a/lib/request/direct.py
+++ b/lib/request/direct.py
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ from lib.core.agent import agent
 from lib.core.common import dataToSessionFile
 from lib.core.convert import base64pickle
 from lib.core.convert import base64unpickle
-from lib.core.convert import utf8decode
 from lib.core.data import conf
 from lib.core.data import kb
 from lib.core.data import logger
@@ -36,7 +35,6 @@ from lib.utils.timeout import timeout
 def direct(query, content=True):
     output = None
     select = False
-    query = utf8decode(query)
     query = agent.payloadDirect(query)
 
     if kb.dbms == "Oracle" and query.startswith("SELECT ") and " FROM " not in query: