Index: uspace/lib/libc/generic/io/printf_core.c
===================================================================
--- uspace/lib/libc/generic/io/printf_core.c	(revision 62140db53b75a953d42ed31acb77916cfc0ee678)
+++ uspace/lib/libc/generic/io/printf_core.c	(revision 1fbe064b3b6175ba2c4ce86e56eb782cca0c3191)
@@ -301,7 +301,4 @@
 	if (str == NULL)
 		return printf_putstr(nullstr, ps);
-	
-	if (*str == U_BOM)
-		str++;
 	
 	/* Print leading spaces. */