diff --git a/lib/mprintf.c b/lib/mprintf.c
index 7ccbcbf81e8ed69033055f237e0bca8ad5887064..64d2360d2ef7dafd35272644d05e77d4e2ef9ae0 100644
--- a/lib/mprintf.c
+++ b/lib/mprintf.c
@@ -1035,16 +1035,9 @@ static int addbyter(int output, FILE *data)
  
   if(infop->length < infop->max) {
     /* only do this if we haven't reached max length yet */
-    if (isprint(output) || isspace(output))
-      {
-	infop->buffer[0] = (char)output; /* store */
-	infop->buffer++; /* increase pointer */
-	infop->length++; /* we are now one byte larger */
-      }
-    else
-      {
-	return StoreNonPrintable(output, infop);
-      }
+    infop->buffer[0] = (char)output; /* store */
+    infop->buffer++; /* increase pointer */
+    infop->length++; /* we are now one byte larger */
     return output; /* fputc() returns like this on success */
   }
   return -1;