diff --git a/Python/ast.c b/Python/ast.c
index 6a9658a..218436f 100644
--- a/Python/ast.c
+++ b/Python/ast.c
@@ -3231,7 +3231,7 @@
             return NULL;
         }
     }
-    if (!*bytesmode && !rawmode) {
+    if (!*bytesmode) {
         return decode_unicode(s, len, rawmode, c->c_encoding);
     }
     if (*bytesmode) {