diff --git a/plugins/svn4idea/src/org/jetbrains/idea/svn/annotate/SvnAnnotationProvider.java b/plugins/svn4idea/src/org/jetbrains/idea/svn/annotate/SvnAnnotationProvider.java
index a39c56586cec..4bbde77c4ef8 100644
--- a/plugins/svn4idea/src/org/jetbrains/idea/svn/annotate/SvnAnnotationProvider.java
+++ b/plugins/svn4idea/src/org/jetbrains/idea/svn/annotate/SvnAnnotationProvider.java
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.vcs.VcsException;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vcs.annotate.*;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vcs.history.*;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vcs.versionBrowser.ChangeBrowserSettings;
-import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.CharsetToolkit;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile;
 import com.intellij.vcsUtil.VcsUtil;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
@@ -233,7 +232,7 @@ public class SvnAnnotationProvider implements AnnotationProvider, VcsCacheableAn
   private SvnRemoteFileAnnotation annotateNonExisting(Pair<SvnChangeList, FilePath> pair,
                                                       VcsFileRevision revision,
                                                       Info info,
-                                                      Charset charset, @NotNull VirtualFile current)
+                                                      @NotNull Charset charset, @NotNull VirtualFile current)
     throws VcsException, SVNException, IOException {
     final File wasFile = pair.getSecond().getIOFile();
     final File root = getCommonAncestor(wasFile, info.getFile());
@@ -259,8 +258,7 @@ public class SvnAnnotationProvider implements AnnotationProvider, VcsCacheableAn
 
     final SVNRevision svnRevision = ((SvnRevisionNumber)revision.getRevisionNumber()).getRevision();
     byte[] data = SvnUtil.getFileContents(myVcs, SvnTarget.fromURL(wasUrl), svnRevision, svnRevision);
-    final String contents =
-      LoadTextUtil.getTextByBinaryPresentation(data, charset == null ? CharsetToolkit.UTF8_CHARSET : charset).toString();
+    final String contents = LoadTextUtil.getTextByBinaryPresentation(data, charset).toString();
     final SvnRemoteFileAnnotation result = new SvnRemoteFileAnnotation(myVcs, contents, revision.getRevisionNumber(), current);
     final AnnotationConsumer annotateHandler = createAnnotationHandler(ProgressManager.getInstance().getProgressIndicator(), result);