diff --git a/export.php b/export.php
index 7caff0d3d..666cbd068 100644
--- a/export.php
+++ b/export.php
@@ -206,8 +206,7 @@ if ($what == 'sql') {
 $output_kanji_conversion = function_exists('PMA_kanji_str_conv') && $type != 'xls';
 
 // Do we need to convert charset?
-$output_charset_conversion = $asfile &&
-    $cfg['AllowAnywhereRecoding'] && $allow_recoding
+$output_charset_conversion = $asfile && $cfg['AllowAnywhereRecoding']
     && isset($charset_of_file) && $charset_of_file != $charset
     && $type != 'xls';
 
@@ -262,7 +261,7 @@ if ($asfile) {
     }
 
     // convert filename to iso-8859-1, it is safer
-    if (!(isset($cfg['AllowAnywhereRecoding']) && $cfg['AllowAnywhereRecoding'] && $allow_recoding)) {
+    if (!(isset($cfg['AllowAnywhereRecoding']) && $cfg['AllowAnywhereRecoding'] )) {
         $filename = PMA_convert_string($charset, 'iso-8859-1', $filename);
     } else {
         $filename = PMA_convert_string($convcharset, 'iso-8859-1', $filename);
diff --git a/import.php b/import.php
index c4cf61273..129c60741 100644
--- a/import.php
+++ b/import.php
@@ -316,8 +316,7 @@ if ($import_file != 'none' && !$error) {
 }
 
 // Convert the file's charset if necessary
-if ($cfg['AllowAnywhereRecoding'] && $allow_recoding
-    && isset($charset_of_file)) {
+if ($cfg['AllowAnywhereRecoding'] && isset($charset_of_file)) {
     if ($charset_of_file != $charset) {
         $charset_conversion = TRUE;
     }
diff --git a/lang/afrikaans-utf-8.inc.php b/lang/afrikaans-utf-8.inc.php
index 5a55bfe5a..defb0c661 100644
--- a/lang/afrikaans-utf-8.inc.php
+++ b/lang/afrikaans-utf-8.inc.php
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ Laat weet my asb. as jy aan beter taalgebruik kan dink.
 */
 
 $charset = 'utf-8';
-$allow_recoding = TRUE;
 $text_dir = 'ltr'; // ('ltr' for left to right, 'rtl' for right to left)
 $number_thousands_separator = ',';
 $number_decimal_separator = '.';
diff --git a/lang/albanian-utf-8.inc.php b/lang/albanian-utf-8.inc.php
index c519c91ab..29e48925f 100644
--- a/lang/albanian-utf-8.inc.php
+++ b/lang/albanian-utf-8.inc.php
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 */
 
 $charset = 'utf-8';
-$allow_recoding = TRUE;
 $text_dir = 'ltr';
 $number_thousands_separator = '.';
 $number_decimal_separator = ',';
diff --git a/lang/arabic-utf-8.inc.php b/lang/arabic-utf-8.inc.php
index b8084fafd..e9a197d77 100644
--- a/lang/arabic-utf-8.inc.php
+++ b/lang/arabic-utf-8.inc.php
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
  */
 
 $charset = 'utf-8';
-$allow_recoding = TRUE;
 $text_dir = 'rtl'; // ('ltr' for left to right, 'rtl' for right to left)
 $number_thousands_separator = ',';
 $number_decimal_separator = '.';
diff --git a/lang/azerbaijani-utf-8.inc.php b/lang/azerbaijani-utf-8.inc.php
index 590d17efe..5d25ad57f 100644
--- a/lang/azerbaijani-utf-8.inc.php
+++ b/lang/azerbaijani-utf-8.inc.php
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 // Şehriyar İmanov 30 Avqust 2003... Shehi
 
 $charset = 'utf-8';
-$allow_recoding = TRUE;
 $text_dir = 'ltr'; // ('ltr' for left to right, 'rtl' for right to left)
 $number_thousands_separator = ',';
 $number_decimal_separator = '.';
diff --git a/lang/bangla-utf-8.inc.php b/lang/bangla-utf-8.inc.php
index 0a11c7bf5..cb5e8d402 100644
--- a/lang/bangla-utf-8.inc.php
+++ b/lang/bangla-utf-8.inc.php
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 /* $Id$ */
 
 $charset = 'utf-8';
-$allow_recoding = TRUE;
 $text_dir = 'ltr'; // ('ltr' for left to right, 'rtl' for right to left)
 $number_thousands_separator = ',';
 $number_decimal_separator = '.';
diff --git a/lang/basque-utf-8.inc.php b/lang/basque-utf-8.inc.php
index 83d67a3b1..660b425c3 100644
--- a/lang/basque-utf-8.inc.php
+++ b/lang/basque-utf-8.inc.php
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 /* $Id$ */
 
 $charset = 'utf-8';
-$allow_recoding = TRUE;
 $text_dir = 'ltr';
 $number_thousands_separator = ',';
 $number_decimal_separator = '.';
diff --git a/lang/belarusian_cyrillic-utf-8.inc.php b/lang/belarusian_cyrillic-utf-8.inc.php
index f52e375dd..5c827b894 100644
--- a/lang/belarusian_cyrillic-utf-8.inc.php
+++ b/lang/belarusian_cyrillic-utf-8.inc.php
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
  */
 
 $charset = 'utf-8';
-$allow_recoding = TRUE;
-$allow_recoding = TRUE;
 $text_dir = 'ltr';
 $number_thousands_separator = ',';
 $number_decimal_separator = '.';
diff --git a/lang/belarusian_latin-utf-8.inc.php b/lang/belarusian_latin-utf-8.inc.php
index 9699d5992..1e1f9f872 100644
--- a/lang/belarusian_latin-utf-8.inc.php
+++ b/lang/belarusian_latin-utf-8.inc.php
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
 */
 
 $charset = 'utf-8';
-$allow_recoding = TRUE;
-$allow_recoding = TRUE;
 $text_dir = 'ltr';
 $number_thousands_separator = ',';
 $number_decimal_separator = '.';
diff --git a/lang/bosnian-utf-8.inc.php b/lang/bosnian-utf-8.inc.php
index 668f04380..301a6d69a 100644
--- a/lang/bosnian-utf-8.inc.php
+++ b/lang/bosnian-utf-8.inc.php
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
  */
 
 $charset = 'utf-8';
-$allow_recoding = TRUE;
 $text_dir = 'ltr'; // ('ltr' for left to right, 'rtl' for right to left)
 $number_thousands_separator = ',';
 $number_decimal_separator = '.';
diff --git a/lang/brazilian_portuguese-utf-8.inc.php b/lang/brazilian_portuguese-utf-8.inc.php
index 5be9120a7..1b600886e 100644
--- a/lang/brazilian_portuguese-utf-8.inc.php
+++ b/lang/brazilian_portuguese-utf-8.inc.php
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 /* translated by: Airon Luis Pereira <airon(dot)pereira(at)gmail(dot)com> */ 
 
 $charset = 'utf-8'; 
-$allow_recoding = TRUE;
 $text_dir = 'ltr';  // ('ltr' da esquerda para direita, 'rtl' da direita para esquerda)
 $number_thousands_separator = ','; 
 $number_decimal_separator = '.'; 
diff --git a/lang/bulgarian-utf-8.inc.php b/lang/bulgarian-utf-8.inc.php
index 1a72dfdde..eec0e4442 100644
--- a/lang/bulgarian-utf-8.inc.php
+++ b/lang/bulgarian-utf-8.inc.php
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
  */
 
 $charset = 'utf-8';
-$allow_recoding = TRUE;
 $text_dir = 'ltr';
 $number_thousands_separator = ',';
 $number_decimal_separator = '.';
diff --git a/lang/catalan-utf-8.inc.php b/lang/catalan-utf-8.inc.php
index 0458f8328..54007db56 100644
--- a/lang/catalan-utf-8.inc.php
+++ b/lang/catalan-utf-8.inc.php
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 /* $Id$ */
 
 $charset = 'utf-8';
-$allow_recoding = TRUE;
 $text_dir = 'ltr'; // ('ltr' d'esquerra a dreta, 'rtl' de dreta a esquerra)
 $number_thousands_separator = '.';
 $number_decimal_separator = ',';
diff --git a/lang/chinese_simplified-utf-8.inc.php b/lang/chinese_simplified-utf-8.inc.php
index 97f010b8f..6421c53b0 100644
--- a/lang/chinese_simplified-utf-8.inc.php
+++ b/lang/chinese_simplified-utf-8.inc.php
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
  */
 
 $charset = 'utf-8';
-$allow_recoding = TRUE;
 $text_dir = 'ltr';
 $number_thousands_separator = ',';
 $number_decimal_separator = '.';
diff --git a/lang/chinese_traditional-utf-8.inc.php b/lang/chinese_traditional-utf-8.inc.php
index d58bdb652..ec5984607 100644
--- a/lang/chinese_traditional-utf-8.inc.php
+++ b/lang/chinese_traditional-utf-8.inc.php
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
  */
 
 $charset = 'utf-8';
-$allow_recoding = TRUE;
 $text_dir = 'ltr';
 $number_thousands_separator = ',';
 $number_decimal_separator = '.';
diff --git a/lang/croatian-utf-8.inc.php b/lang/croatian-utf-8.inc.php
index 578f50ec1..9714c6233 100644
--- a/lang/croatian-utf-8.inc.php
+++ b/lang/croatian-utf-8.inc.php
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
  */
 
 $charset = 'utf-8';
-$allow_recoding = TRUE;
 $text_dir = 'ltr'; // ('ltr' for left to right, 'rtl' for right to left)
 $number_thousands_separator = '.';
 $number_decimal_separator = ',';
diff --git a/lang/czech-utf-8.inc.php b/lang/czech-utf-8.inc.php
index f27584aac..dd00299c8 100644
--- a/lang/czech-utf-8.inc.php
+++ b/lang/czech-utf-8.inc.php
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
  */
 
 $charset = 'utf-8';
-$allow_recoding = TRUE;
 $text_dir = 'ltr';
 $number_thousands_separator = ' ';
 $number_decimal_separator = '.';
diff --git a/lang/danish-utf-8.inc.php b/lang/danish-utf-8.inc.php
index f2ae451dc..146b94ad0 100644
--- a/lang/danish-utf-8.inc.php
+++ b/lang/danish-utf-8.inc.php
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 /* $Id$ */ /* danish - Dansk v 2.20 (based on english rev. 10226) 2007/04/03 01:23:45 - oversætter AlleyKat kan kontaktes på < phpmyadmin (at) phpbb2.dk > */
 
 $charset = 'utf-8';
-$allow_recoding = TRUE;
 $text_dir = 'ltr';
 $number_thousands_separator = '.';
 $number_decimal_separator = ',';
diff --git a/lang/dutch-utf-8.inc.php b/lang/dutch-utf-8.inc.php
index 7bfe6005e..e46394f5e 100644
--- a/lang/dutch-utf-8.inc.php
+++ b/lang/dutch-utf-8.inc.php
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
  */
 
 $charset = 'utf-8';
-$allow_recoding = TRUE;
 $text_dir = 'ltr';
 $number_thousands_separator = '.';
 $number_decimal_separator = ',';
diff --git a/lang/english-utf-8.inc.php b/lang/english-utf-8.inc.php
index 680b5ba7e..6ebe3597f 100644
--- a/lang/english-utf-8.inc.php
+++ b/lang/english-utf-8.inc.php
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 /* $Id$ */
 
 $charset = 'utf-8';
-$allow_recoding = TRUE;
 $text_dir = 'ltr'; // ('ltr' for left to right, 'rtl' for right to left)
 $number_thousands_separator = ',';
 $number_decimal_separator = '.';
diff --git a/lang/estonian-utf-8.inc.php b/lang/estonian-utf-8.inc.php
index 5000c9dcc..4d5c63cb8 100644
--- a/lang/estonian-utf-8.inc.php
+++ b/lang/estonian-utf-8.inc.php
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
  */
 
 $charset = 'utf-8';
-$allow_recoding = TRUE;
 $text_dir = 'ltr'; // ('ltr' for left to right, 'rtl' for right to left)
 $number_thousands_separator = ',';
 $number_decimal_separator = '.';
diff --git a/lang/finnish-utf-8.inc.php b/lang/finnish-utf-8.inc.php
index dc969c39b..705bc3bc2 100644
--- a/lang/finnish-utf-8.inc.php
+++ b/lang/finnish-utf-8.inc.php
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
  */
 
 $charset = 'utf-8';
-$allow_recoding = TRUE;
 $text_dir = 'ltr';
 $number_thousands_separator = ' ';
 $number_decimal_separator = ',';
diff --git a/lang/french-utf-8.inc.php b/lang/french-utf-8.inc.php
index 4f2982665..c357c439a 100644
--- a/lang/french-utf-8.inc.php
+++ b/lang/french-utf-8.inc.php
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 /* $Id$ */
 
 $charset = 'utf-8';
-$allow_recoding = TRUE;
 $text_dir = 'ltr';
 $number_thousands_separator = ' ';
 $number_decimal_separator = ',';
diff --git a/lang/galician-utf-8.inc.php b/lang/galician-utf-8.inc.php
index 8052712f4..ef320c88b 100644
--- a/lang/galician-utf-8.inc.php
+++ b/lang/galician-utf-8.inc.php
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
  */
 
 $charset = 'utf-8';
-$allow_recoding = TRUE;
 $text_dir = 'ltr';
 $number_thousands_separator = '.';
 $number_decimal_separator = ',';
diff --git a/lang/georgian-utf-8.inc.php b/lang/georgian-utf-8.inc.php
index 497fe3bd7..b1308f291 100644
--- a/lang/georgian-utf-8.inc.php
+++ b/lang/georgian-utf-8.inc.php
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
  */
 
 $charset = 'utf-8';
-$allow_recoding = TRUE;
 $text_dir = 'ltr'; // ('ltr' for left to right, 'rtl' for right to left)
 $number_thousands_separator = ' ';
 $number_decimal_separator = ',';
diff --git a/lang/german-utf-8.inc.php b/lang/german-utf-8.inc.php
index 72b1bac4c..e1c01c9af 100644
--- a/lang/german-utf-8.inc.php
+++ b/lang/german-utf-8.inc.php
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
  */
 
 $charset = 'utf-8';
-$allow_recoding = TRUE;
 $text_dir = 'ltr';
 $number_thousands_separator = '.';
 $number_decimal_separator = ',';
diff --git a/lang/greek-utf-8.inc.php b/lang/greek-utf-8.inc.php
index 85d31d636..c54050ebf 100644
--- a/lang/greek-utf-8.inc.php
+++ b/lang/greek-utf-8.inc.php
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 /* Translated by Kyriakos Xagoraris <theremon at users.sourceforge.net> */
 
 $charset = 'utf-8';
-$allow_recoding = TRUE;
 $text_dir = 'ltr';
 $number_thousands_separator = '.';
 $number_decimal_separator = ',';
diff --git a/lang/hebrew-utf-8.inc.php b/lang/hebrew-utf-8.inc.php
index 46649f8fc..21b59a9a6 100644
--- a/lang/hebrew-utf-8.inc.php
+++ b/lang/hebrew-utf-8.inc.php
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
  * Translated by Hadar Porat <hadar at banner.co.il> */
 
 $charset = 'utf-8';
-$allow_recoding = TRUE;
 $text_dir = 'rtl'; // ('ltr' for left to right, 'rtl' for right to left)
 $number_thousands_separator = ',';
 $number_decimal_separator = '.';
diff --git a/lang/hindi-utf-8.inc.php b/lang/hindi-utf-8.inc.php
index de5251dfd..f270b5148 100644
--- a/lang/hindi-utf-8.inc.php
+++ b/lang/hindi-utf-8.inc.php
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 // 5th updates   :   by Girish Nair <girishn2003_@_yahoo_._co_._in(latest), www.girishn.com> : 25-Nov-2003
 
 $charset = 'utf-8';
-$allow_recoding = FALSE;
 $text_dir = 'ltr'; // ('ltr' for left to right, 'rtl' for right to left)
 $number_thousands_separator = ',';
 $number_decimal_separator = '.';
diff --git a/lang/hungarian-utf-8.inc.php b/lang/hungarian-utf-8.inc.php
index 90ac22d18..554707668 100644
--- a/lang/hungarian-utf-8.inc.php
+++ b/lang/hungarian-utf-8.inc.php
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 // József Tamás Herczeg <localicer @NOSPAM@ gmail.com>
 
 $charset = 'utf-8';
-$allow_recoding = TRUE;
 $text_dir = 'ltr'; // ('ltr': balról jobbra, 'rtl': jobbról balra)
 $number_thousands_separator = ' ';
 $number_decimal_separator = '.';
diff --git a/lang/indonesian-utf-8.inc.php b/lang/indonesian-utf-8.inc.php
index 90ba11989..24f0ca8eb 100644
--- a/lang/indonesian-utf-8.inc.php
+++ b/lang/indonesian-utf-8.inc.php
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 /* $Id$ */
 
 $charset = 'utf-8';
-$allow_recoding = TRUE;
 $text_dir = 'ltr'; // ('ltr' for left to right, 'rtl' for right to left)
 $number_thousands_separator = '.';
 $number_decimal_separator = ',';
diff --git a/lang/italian-utf-8.inc.php b/lang/italian-utf-8.inc.php
index eaa799098..cba6e512d 100644
--- a/lang/italian-utf-8.inc.php
+++ b/lang/italian-utf-8.inc.php
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
  */
 
 $charset = 'utf-8';
-$allow_recoding = TRUE;
 $text_dir = 'ltr';
 $number_thousands_separator = '.';
 $number_decimal_separator = ',';
diff --git a/lang/korean-utf-8.inc.php b/lang/korean-utf-8.inc.php
index 049487f97..036a9a34e 100644
--- a/lang/korean-utf-8.inc.php
+++ b/lang/korean-utf-8.inc.php
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 /* Translated by WooSuhan <kjh@unews.NOSPAM.co.kr> */
 
 $charset = 'utf-8';
-$allow_recoding = TRUE;
 $text_dir = 'ltr';
 $number_thousands_separator = ',';
 $number_decimal_separator = '.';
diff --git a/lang/latvian-utf-8.inc.php b/lang/latvian-utf-8.inc.php
index 2a6aa2579..69ea32613 100644
--- a/lang/latvian-utf-8.inc.php
+++ b/lang/latvian-utf-8.inc.php
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
  */
 
 $charset = 'utf-8';
-$allow_recoding = TRUE;
 $text_dir = 'ltr'; // ('ltr' for left to right, 'rtl' for right to left)
 $number_thousands_separator = ' ';
 $number_decimal_separator = '.';
diff --git a/lang/lithuanian-utf-8.inc.php b/lang/lithuanian-utf-8.inc.php
index c2ac648b2..3a9d6d65f 100644
--- a/lang/lithuanian-utf-8.inc.php
+++ b/lang/lithuanian-utf-8.inc.php
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 /* $Id$ */
 
 $charset = 'utf-8';
-$allow_recoding = TRUE;
 $text_dir = 'ltr'; // ('ltr' for left to right, 'rtl' for right to left)
 $number_thousands_separator = ' ';
 $number_decimal_separator = ',';
diff --git a/lang/macedonian_cyrillic-utf-8.inc.php b/lang/macedonian_cyrillic-utf-8.inc.php
index ef4d51822..82e415747 100644
--- a/lang/macedonian_cyrillic-utf-8.inc.php
+++ b/lang/macedonian_cyrillic-utf-8.inc.php
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
  */
 
 $charset = 'utf-8';
-$allow_recoding = TRUE;
 $text_dir = 'ltr'; // ('ltr' for left to right, 'rtl' for right to left)
 $number_thousands_separator = ',';
 $number_decimal_separator = '.';
diff --git a/lang/malay-utf-8.inc.php b/lang/malay-utf-8.inc.php
index 224671a83..2ef3cb606 100644
--- a/lang/malay-utf-8.inc.php
+++ b/lang/malay-utf-8.inc.php
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ redkod - r3dkod@yahoo.com
 */
 
 $charset = 'utf-8';
-$allow_recoding = TRUE;
 $text_dir = 'ltr'; // ('ltr' for left to right, 'rtl' for right to left)
 $number_thousands_separator = ',';
 $number_decimal_separator = '.';
diff --git a/lang/mongolian-utf-8.inc.php b/lang/mongolian-utf-8.inc.php
index 4414c862c..cba94ecba 100644
--- a/lang/mongolian-utf-8.inc.php
+++ b/lang/mongolian-utf-8.inc.php
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 */
 
 $charset = 'utf-8';
-$allow_recoding = TRUE;
 $text_dir = 'ltr';
 $number_thousands_separator = ',';
 $number_decimal_separator = '.';
diff --git a/lang/norwegian-utf-8.inc.php b/lang/norwegian-utf-8.inc.php
index e7ae21f91..349a314ee 100644
--- a/lang/norwegian-utf-8.inc.php
+++ b/lang/norwegian-utf-8.inc.php
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
  */
 
 $charset = 'utf-8';
-$allow_recoding = TRUE;
 $text_dir = 'ltr';
 $number_thousands_separator = '.';
 $number_decimal_separator = ',';
diff --git a/lang/persian-utf-8.inc.php b/lang/persian-utf-8.inc.php
index 0ccee791f..dbfb5cd3c 100644
--- a/lang/persian-utf-8.inc.php
+++ b/lang/persian-utf-8.inc.php
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ www.BornisGroup.com
 info@BornisGroup.com
 */
 $charset = 'utf-8';
-$allow_recoding = TRUE;
 $text_dir = 'rtl'; // ('ltr' for left to right, 'rtl' for right to left)
 $number_thousands_separator = ',';
 $number_decimal_separator = '.';
diff --git a/lang/polish-utf-8.inc.php b/lang/polish-utf-8.inc.php
index 91ff8bdf8..ac4258363 100644
--- a/lang/polish-utf-8.inc.php
+++ b/lang/polish-utf-8.inc.php
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 /* $Id$ */
 
 $charset = 'utf-8';
-$allow_recoding = TRUE;
 $text_dir = 'ltr';
 $number_thousands_separator = ' ';
 $number_decimal_separator = ',';
diff --git a/lang/portuguese-utf-8.inc.php b/lang/portuguese-utf-8.inc.php
index 07ee4e05c..dc1bded59 100644
--- a/lang/portuguese-utf-8.inc.php
+++ b/lang/portuguese-utf-8.inc.php
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
  */
 
 $charset = 'utf-8';
-$allow_recoding = TRUE;
 $text_dir = 'ltr';
 $number_thousands_separator = ',';
 $number_decimal_separator = '.';
diff --git a/lang/romanian-utf-8.inc.php b/lang/romanian-utf-8.inc.php
index 6bf220c55..855ebdbff 100644
--- a/lang/romanian-utf-8.inc.php
+++ b/lang/romanian-utf-8.inc.php
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 /* $Id$ */
 
 $charset = 'utf-8';
-$allow_recoding = TRUE;
 $text_dir = 'ltr';
 $number_thousands_separator = ',';
 $number_decimal_separator = '.';
diff --git a/lang/russian-utf-8.inc.php b/lang/russian-utf-8.inc.php
index 7543b0749..e2543ed74 100644
--- a/lang/russian-utf-8.inc.php
+++ b/lang/russian-utf-8.inc.php
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
  */
 
 $charset = 'utf-8';
-$allow_recoding = TRUE;
 $text_dir = 'ltr';
 $number_thousands_separator = ',';
 $number_decimal_separator = '.';
diff --git a/lang/serbian_cyrillic-utf-8.inc.php b/lang/serbian_cyrillic-utf-8.inc.php
index 3b3cbc477..412df64b5 100644
--- a/lang/serbian_cyrillic-utf-8.inc.php
+++ b/lang/serbian_cyrillic-utf-8.inc.php
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
  */
 
 $charset = 'utf-8';
-$allow_recoding = TRUE;
 $text_dir = 'ltr'; // ('ltr' for left to right, 'rtl' for right to left)
 $number_thousands_separator = ',';
 $number_decimal_separator = '.';
diff --git a/lang/serbian_latin-utf-8.inc.php b/lang/serbian_latin-utf-8.inc.php
index ac2d148b6..64321aee6 100644
--- a/lang/serbian_latin-utf-8.inc.php
+++ b/lang/serbian_latin-utf-8.inc.php
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
  */
 
 $charset = 'utf-8';
-$allow_recoding = TRUE;
 $text_dir = 'ltr'; // ('ltr' for left to right, 'rtl' for right to left)
 $number_thousands_separator = ',';
 $number_decimal_separator = '.';
diff --git a/lang/sinhala-utf-8.inc.php b/lang/sinhala-utf-8.inc.php
index 92533bca8..6a33caa70 100644
--- a/lang/sinhala-utf-8.inc.php
+++ b/lang/sinhala-utf-8.inc.php
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 // by malindahs
 
 $charset = 'utf-8';
-$allow_recoding = TRUE;
 $text_dir = 'ltr'; // ('ltr' for left to right, 'rtl' for right to left)
 $number_thousands_separator = ',';
 $number_decimal_separator = '.';
diff --git a/lang/slovak-utf-8.inc.php b/lang/slovak-utf-8.inc.php
index af332c6fa..aa639963c 100644
--- a/lang/slovak-utf-8.inc.php
+++ b/lang/slovak-utf-8.inc.php
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
    and Tomas Tatransky <tomas.tatransky@centrum.sk> */
 
 $charset = 'utf-8';
-$allow_recoding = TRUE;
 $text_dir = 'ltr';
 $number_thousands_separator = ' ';
 $number_decimal_separator = ',';
diff --git a/lang/slovenian-utf-8.inc.php b/lang/slovenian-utf-8.inc.php
index d8bf100c4..e09a9f022 100644
--- a/lang/slovenian-utf-8.inc.php
+++ b/lang/slovenian-utf-8.inc.php
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 /* By: urska.colner, agenda d.o.o. <urska.colner@agenda.si>, uros kositer, agenda d.o.o. <urosh@agenda.si> */
 
 $charset = 'utf-8';
-$allow_recoding = TRUE;
 $text_dir = 'ltr'; // ('ltr' for left to right, 'rtl' for right to left)
 $number_thousands_separator = '.';
 $number_decimal_separator = ',';
diff --git a/lang/spanish-utf-8.inc.php b/lang/spanish-utf-8.inc.php
index fda2393bc..83d8febe3 100644
--- a/lang/spanish-utf-8.inc.php
+++ b/lang/spanish-utf-8.inc.php
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 /* $Id$ */
 
 $charset = 'utf-8';
-$allow_recoding = TRUE;
 $text_dir = 'ltr';
 $number_thousands_separator = ',';
 $number_decimal_separator = '.';
diff --git a/lang/swedish-utf-8.inc.php b/lang/swedish-utf-8.inc.php
index a69abccf0..048be8b0a 100644
--- a/lang/swedish-utf-8.inc.php
+++ b/lang/swedish-utf-8.inc.php
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
  */
 
 $charset = 'utf-8';
-$allow_recoding = TRUE;
 $text_dir = 'ltr';
 $number_thousands_separator = ' ';
 $number_decimal_separator = ',';
diff --git a/lang/tatarish-utf-8.inc.php b/lang/tatarish-utf-8.inc.php
index 8d38b0a5e..36ac643e3 100644
--- a/lang/tatarish-utf-8.inc.php
+++ b/lang/tatarish-utf-8.inc.php
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 /* $Id$ */
 
 $charset = 'utf-8';
-$allow_recoding = TRUE;
-$allow_recoding = TRUE;
 $text_dir = 'ltr'; // ('ltr' for left to right, 'rtl' for right to left)
 $number_thousands_separator = ',';
 $number_decimal_separator = '.';
diff --git a/lang/thai-utf-8.inc.php b/lang/thai-utf-8.inc.php
index 4fe4b28b1..a1f4e4887 100644
--- a/lang/thai-utf-8.inc.php
+++ b/lang/thai-utf-8.inc.php
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 // last modified 2004/08/22 Arthit Suriyawongkul
 
 $charset = 'utf-8';
-$allow_recoding = TRUE;
 $text_dir = 'ltr';
 $number_thousands_separator = ',';
 $number_decimal_separator = '.';
diff --git a/lang/turkish-utf-8.inc.php b/lang/turkish-utf-8.inc.php
index 0eaeee7cd..dce89c97d 100644
--- a/lang/turkish-utf-8.inc.php
+++ b/lang/turkish-utf-8.inc.php
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 // Çeviri sürümü phpMyAdmin 2.10.1.0
 
 $charset = 'utf-8';
-$allow_recoding = TRUE;
 $text_dir = 'ltr'; // ('ltr' for left to right, 'rtl' for right to left)
 $number_thousands_separator = ',';
 $number_decimal_separator = '.';
diff --git a/lang/ukrainian-utf-8.inc.php b/lang/ukrainian-utf-8.inc.php
index ba303b5df..225a03fd8 100644
--- a/lang/ukrainian-utf-8.inc.php
+++ b/lang/ukrainian-utf-8.inc.php
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 /* $Id$ */
 
 $charset = 'utf-8';
-$allow_recoding = TRUE;
 $text_dir = 'ltr';
 $number_thousands_separator = ',';
 $number_decimal_separator = '.';
diff --git a/libraries/charset_conversion.lib.php b/libraries/charset_conversion.lib.php
index 74bc8b98f..5dc011872 100644
--- a/libraries/charset_conversion.lib.php
+++ b/libraries/charset_conversion.lib.php
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ if (! defined('PHPMYADMIN')) {
  * Loads the recode or iconv extensions if any of it is not loaded yet
  */
 if (isset($cfg['AllowAnywhereRecoding'])
-    && $cfg['AllowAnywhereRecoding']
-    && $allow_recoding) {
+    && $cfg['AllowAnywhereRecoding']) {
 
     if ($cfg['RecodingEngine'] == 'recode') {
         if (!@extension_loaded('recode')) {
@@ -52,8 +51,7 @@ if (!isset($cfg['IconvExtraParams'])) {
 
 // Finally detect which function we will use:
 if (isset($cfg['AllowAnywhereRecoding'])
-    && $cfg['AllowAnywhereRecoding']
-    && $allow_recoding) {
+    && $cfg['AllowAnywhereRecoding']) {
 
     if (!isset($PMA_recoding_engine)) {
         $PMA_recoding_engine = $cfg['RecodingEngine'];
@@ -134,9 +132,9 @@ if ($PMA_recoding_engine == PMA_CHARSET_ICONV_AIX) {
  * @author  nijel
  */
 function PMA_convert_charset($what) {
-    global $cfg, $allow_recoding, $charset, $convcharset;
+    global $cfg, $charset, $convcharset;
 
-    if (!(isset($cfg['AllowAnywhereRecoding']) && $cfg['AllowAnywhereRecoding'] && $allow_recoding)
+    if (!(isset($cfg['AllowAnywhereRecoding']) && $cfg['AllowAnywhereRecoding'] )
         || $convcharset == $charset) { // rabus: if input and output charset are the same, we don't have to do anything...
         return $what;
     } else {
diff --git a/libraries/display_export.lib.php b/libraries/display_export.lib.php
index ed063464c..0d7956df8 100644
--- a/libraries/display_export.lib.php
+++ b/libraries/display_export.lib.php
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ echo PMA_pluginGetJavascript($export_list);
     <div class="formelementrow">
     <?php
     // charset of file
-    if ($cfg['AllowAnywhereRecoding'] && $allow_recoding) {
+    if ($cfg['AllowAnywhereRecoding']) {
         echo '        <label for="select_charset_of_file">'
             . $strCharsetOfFile . '</label>' . "\n";
 
diff --git a/libraries/display_import.lib.php b/libraries/display_import.lib.php
index 0f3aa841e..69d4194f2 100644
--- a/libraries/display_import.lib.php
+++ b/libraries/display_import.lib.php
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ if (!empty($cfg['UploadDir'])) {
 
 // charset of file
 echo '<div class="formelementrow">' . "\n";
-if ($cfg['AllowAnywhereRecoding'] && $allow_recoding) {
+if ($cfg['AllowAnywhereRecoding']) {
     echo '<label for="charset_of_file">' . $strCharsetOfFile . '</label>';
     reset($cfg['AvailableCharsets']);
     echo '<select id="charset_of_file" name="charset_of_file" size="1">';
diff --git a/libraries/select_lang.lib.php b/libraries/select_lang.lib.php
index 85034b9bb..243c1d3ec 100644
--- a/libraries/select_lang.lib.php
+++ b/libraries/select_lang.lib.php
@@ -348,10 +348,6 @@ $GLOBALS['mysql_charset_map'] = array(
  * Do the work!
  */
 
-/**
- * @global boolean whether charset recoding should be allowed or not
- */
-$GLOBALS['allow_recoding'] = false;
 if (empty($GLOBALS['convcharset'])) {
     if (isset($_COOKIE['pma_charset'])) {
         $GLOBALS['convcharset'] = $_COOKIE['pma_charset'];
diff --git a/libraries/sql_query_form.lib.php b/libraries/sql_query_form.lib.php
index c114efac7..5c72cffd1 100644
--- a/libraries/sql_query_form.lib.php
+++ b/libraries/sql_query_form.lib.php
@@ -483,7 +483,6 @@ function PMA_sqlQueryFormBookmark()
  * @uses    $GLOBALS['strLocationTextfile']
  * @uses    $GLOBALS['strWebServerUploadDirectory']
  * @uses    $GLOBALS['strWebServerUploadDirectoryError']
- * @uses    $GLOBALS['allow_recoding']
  * @uses    $GLOBALS['charset']
  * @uses    $GLOBALS['max_upload_size']
  * @uses    PMA_supportedDecompressions()