diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/textView.py b/Lib/idlelib/textView.py
index b9ca9e3269d..9dc83574ee6 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/textView.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/textView.py
@@ -77,10 +77,6 @@ def view_file(parent, title, filename, encoding=None, modal=True):
         tkMessageBox.showerror(title='File Load Error',
                                message='Unable to load file %r .' % filename,
                                parent=parent)
-    except UnicodeDecodeError as err:
-        tkMessageBox.showerror(title='Unicode Decode Error',
-                               message=str(err),
-                               parent=parent)
     else:
         return view_text(parent, title, contents, modal)