--- gitweb/gitweb.perl	2007-11-28 11:33:14.000000000 +0200
+++ gitweb/gitweb.perl	2007-11-28 11:33:42.000000000 +0200
@@ -2159,7 +2159,7 @@
 	}
 	my $owner = $gcos;
 	$owner =~ s/[,;].*$//;
-	return to_utf8($owner);
+	return $owner;
 }
 
 ## ......................................................................