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diff --git a/lib/utf8.rb b/lib/utf8.rb
index 5f0d219ba..7865d6203 100644
--- a/lib/utf8.rb
+++ b/lib/utf8.rb
@@ -4,11 +4,6 @@ module UTF8
   # using the iconv library, which is in the standard library.
   def self.valid?(str)
     return true if str.nil?
-    Iconv.conv("UTF-8", "UTF-8", str)
-    return true
-    
-  rescue
-    return false
-  end  
+    str.valid_encoding?
+  end
 end
-