diff --git a/src/server/conference.c b/src/server/conference.c
index 71e9f290be655a66a2ae5b686947b777e4e49981..154c182217628fc96e8f09bdc8149aa8d43b93c1 100644
--- a/src/server/conference.c
+++ b/src/server/conference.c
@@ -107,15 +107,11 @@ legal_name( String name )
 
     while( name.len-- )
     {
-#ifdef USE_ASCII
-	if ( !isascii(*name.string) &&   !isprint( *name.string ) )
+	if ( /* !isascii(*name.string) && */
+	    !isprint( *name.string ) )
 	{
 	    return FALSE;
 	}
-#else /* Allow ISO 8859-1 */
-	if (*name.string < ' ' || *name.string == 127)
-	  return FALSE;
-#endif
 	name.string++;
     }