diff -Naur a/wakaba.pl b/wakaba.pl
--- a/wakaba.pl	2009-04-17 20:03:18.000000000 +0200
+++ b/wakaba.pl	2012-02-05 23:33:36.004795340 +0100
@@ -1839,9 +1839,6 @@
 	{
 		for my $k (keys %$row) # don't blame me for this shit, I got this from perlunicode.
 		{ defined && /[^\000-\177]/ && Encode::_utf8_on($_) for $row->{$k}; }
-
-		if(SQL_DBI_SOURCE=~/^DBI:mysql:/i) # OMGWTFBBQ
-		{ for my $k (keys %$row) { $$row{$k}=~s/chr\(([0-9]+)\)/chr($1)/ge; } }
 	}
 
 	return $row;
@@ -1857,9 +1854,6 @@
 	{
 		# don't blame me for this shit, I got this from perlunicode.
 		defined && /[^\000-\177]/ && Encode::_utf8_on($_) for @$row;
-
-		if(SQL_DBI_SOURCE=~/^DBI:mysql:/i) # OMGWTFBBQ
-		{ s/chr\(([0-9]+)\)/chr($1)/ge for @$row; }
 	}
 
 	return $row;