diff --git a/src/bin/utf8.c b/src/bin/utf8.c
index 5aac2f79..4dd360f6 100644
--- a/src/bin/utf8.c
+++ b/src/bin/utf8.c
@@ -34,27 +34,6 @@ codepoint_to_utf8(Eina_Unicode g, char *txt)
         txt[4] = 0;
         return 4;
      }
-   else if (g < (1 << (2 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 6)))
-     { // 111110xx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx
-        txt[0] = 0xf8 | ((g >> 24) & 0x03);
-        txt[1] = 0x80 | ((g >> 18) & 0x3f);
-        txt[2] = 0x80 | ((g >> 12) & 0x3f);
-        txt[3] = 0x80 | ((g >> 6 ) & 0x3f);
-        txt[4] = 0x80 | ((g      ) & 0x3f);
-        txt[5] = 0;
-        return 5;
-     }
-   else if ((unsigned int)g < (unsigned int)(1 << (1 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 6)))
-     { // 1111110x 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx
-        txt[0] = 0xfc | ((g >> 30) & 0x01);
-        txt[1] = 0x80 | ((g >> 24) & 0x3f);
-        txt[2] = 0x80 | ((g >> 18) & 0x3f);
-        txt[3] = 0x80 | ((g >> 12) & 0x3f);
-        txt[4] = 0x80 | ((g >> 6 ) & 0x3f);
-        txt[5] = 0x80 | ((g      ) & 0x3f);
-        txt[6]  = 0;
-        return 6;
-     }
    else
      { // error - cant encode this in utf8
         txt[0] = 0;