diff --git a/kgraphql-ktor/src/main/kotlin/com/apurebase/kgraphql/KtorFeature.kt b/kgraphql-ktor/src/main/kotlin/com/apurebase/kgraphql/KtorFeature.kt
index b554be4f..5b1098e9 100644
--- a/kgraphql-ktor/src/main/kotlin/com/apurebase/kgraphql/KtorFeature.kt
+++ b/kgraphql-ktor/src/main/kotlin/com/apurebase/kgraphql/KtorFeature.kt
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class GraphQL(val schema: Schema) {
                 val routing: Route.() -> Unit = {
                     route(config.endpoint) {
                         post {
-                            val bodyAsText = call.receiveTextWithCorrectEncoding()
+                            val bodyAsText = call.receiveText()
                             val request = decodeFromString(GraphqlRequest.serializer(), bodyAsText)
                             val ctx = context {
                                 config.contextSetup?.invoke(this, call)
@@ -107,17 +107,6 @@ class GraphQL(val schema: Schema) {
             return GraphQL(schema)
         }
 
-        private suspend fun ApplicationCall.receiveTextWithCorrectEncoding(): String {
-            fun ContentType.defaultCharset(): Charset = when (this) {
-                ContentType.Application.Json -> Charsets.UTF_8
-                else -> Charsets.ISO_8859_1
-            }
-
-            val contentType = request.contentType()
-            val suitableCharset = contentType.charset() ?: contentType.defaultCharset()
-            return receiveStream().bufferedReader(charset = suitableCharset).readText()
-        }
-
         private fun GraphQLError.serialize(): String = buildJsonObject {
             put("errors", buildJsonArray {
                 addJsonObject {