diff --git a/go/vt/vttablet/tabletserver/vstreamer/rowstreamer.go b/go/vt/vttablet/tabletserver/vstreamer/rowstreamer.go
index 00194b5cc0b..a75bc3079a1 100644
--- a/go/vt/vttablet/tabletserver/vstreamer/rowstreamer.go
+++ b/go/vt/vttablet/tabletserver/vstreamer/rowstreamer.go
@@ -133,9 +133,9 @@ func (rs *rowStreamer) Stream() error {
 		}
 		rs.conn = conn
 		defer rs.conn.Close()
-		if _, err := rs.conn.ExecuteFetch("set names 'binary'", 1, false); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
+		// if _, err := rs.conn.ExecuteFetch("set names 'binary'", 1, false); err != nil {
+		// 	return err
+		// }
 	}
 	return rs.streamQuery(rs.send)
 }