diff --git a/mozilla/mailnews/mime/src/comi18n.cpp b/mozilla/mailnews/mime/src/comi18n.cpp
index c96bc4066a6..b02e1dae212 100644
--- a/mozilla/mailnews/mime/src/comi18n.cpp
+++ b/mozilla/mailnews/mime/src/comi18n.cpp
@@ -1142,8 +1142,6 @@ char *intl_decode_mime_part2_str(const char *header, char* charset)
     if (p == NULL)
       break;                          /* exit the loop because the rest are not encoded */
     *p = '\0';
-if (TAB == *begin)
-  begin++;
     /* skip strings don't need conversion */
     strncpy(output_p, begin, p - begin);
     output_p += p - begin;