diff --git a/builtin/submodule--helper.c b/builtin/submodule--helper.c
index 566a5b6a6f..cbb17a9021 100644
--- a/builtin/submodule--helper.c
+++ b/builtin/submodule--helper.c
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #include "quote.h"
 #include "pathspec.h"
 #include "dir.h"
-#include "utf8.h"
 #include "submodule.h"
 #include "submodule-config.h"
 #include "string-list.h"
@@ -326,7 +325,7 @@ static int module_list(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			printf("%06o %s %d\t", ce->ce_mode,
 			       oid_to_hex(&ce->oid), ce_stage(ce));
 
-		utf8_fprintf(stdout, "%s\n", ce->name);
+		fprintf(stdout, "%s\n", ce->name);
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1038,7 +1037,7 @@ static int update_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		return 1;
 
 	for_each_string_list_item(item, &suc.projectlines)
-		utf8_fprintf(stdout, "%s", item->string);
+		fprintf(stdout, "%s", item->string);
 
 	return 0;
 }