diff --git a/test/integration/db/test_oracle.py b/test/integration/db/test_oracle.py
index 63a84ea..82bbcdc 100644
--- a/test/integration/db/test_oracle.py
+++ b/test/integration/db/test_oracle.py
@@ -348,8 +348,7 @@ def test_lob_io(testdb_conn, test_blob_table, fetch_lobs):
 @pytest.fixture(scope='function')
 def testdb_conn():
     """Get connection to test Oracle database."""
-    with connect(ORADB, 'TEST_ORACLE_PASSWORD', encoding="UTF-8",
-                 nencoding="UTF-8") as conn:
+    with connect(ORADB, 'TEST_ORACLE_PASSWORD') as conn:
         yield conn