don't let that happen...

diff --git a/requests/models.py b/requests/models.py
index c9540269faa2c5afeedab76f2e9a9fb60cd7af18..c200896c9988a1c48e8e1ab663c25e997e3234a5 100644 (file)
--- a/requests/models.py
+++ b/requests/models.py
@@ -783,8 +783,6 @@ class Response(object):
             except (UnicodeError, TypeError):
                 pass
 
-        if not content:
-            content = str(content, encoding, errors='replace')
         return content