diff --git a/src/wp-includes/feed.php b/src/wp-includes/feed.php
index e6686c040e..dbeb3a0f83 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/feed.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/feed.php
@@ -702,7 +702,6 @@ function fetch_feed( $url ) {
 	do_action_ref_array( 'wp_feed_options', array( &$feed, $url ) );
 	$feed->init();
 	$feed->set_output_encoding( get_option( 'blog_charset' ) );
-	$feed->handle_content_type();
 
 	if ( $feed->error() )
 		return new WP_Error( 'simplepie-error', $feed->error() );