diff --git a/app/Import/Importer/CsvImporter.php b/app/Import/Importer/CsvImporter.php
index 7c572eafd1..797335cb1d 100644
--- a/app/Import/Importer/CsvImporter.php
+++ b/app/Import/Importer/CsvImporter.php
@@ -113,11 +113,7 @@ class CsvImporter implements ImporterInterface
         $config = $this->job->configuration;
 
         // hash the row:
-        $json = json_encode($row);
-        if ($json === false) {
-            throw new FireflyException(sprintf('Could not process row %d. Please make sure the uploaded file is encoded as "UTF-8".', $index));
-        }
-        $hash = hash('sha256', $json);
+        $hash = hash('sha256', json_encode($row));
         $object->importValue('hash', 100, $hash);
 
         // and this is the point where the specifix go to work.