diff --git a/lib/rspec/support/differ.rb b/lib/rspec/support/differ.rb
index d59890a15..a29b44492 100644
--- a/lib/rspec/support/differ.rb
+++ b/lib/rspec/support/differ.rb
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ def diff_as_string(actual, expected)
         finalize_output(output, hunks.last.diff(format_type).to_s) if hunks.last
 
         color_diff output
-      rescue Encoding::CompatibilityError
-        handle_encoding_errors
       end
       # rubocop:enable MethodLength
 
@@ -197,17 +195,6 @@ def pick_encoding(source_a, source_b)
         def pick_encoding(_source_a, _source_b)
         end
       end
-
-      def handle_encoding_errors
-        if @actual.source_encoding != @expected.source_encoding
-          "Could not produce a diff because the encoding of the actual string " \
-          "(#{@actual.source_encoding}) differs from the encoding of the expected " \
-          "string (#{@expected.source_encoding})"
-        else
-          "Could not produce a diff because of the encoding of the string " \
-          "(#{@expected.source_encoding})"
-        end
-      end
     end
     # rubocop:enable ClassLength
   end
diff --git a/spec/rspec/support/differ_spec.rb b/spec/rspec/support/differ_spec.rb
index abd927a3c..240a8b6f9 100644
--- a/spec/rspec/support/differ_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/rspec/support/differ_spec.rb
@@ -68,17 +68,6 @@ module Support
             expect(differ.diff(actual, expected)).to eq("\n@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@\n-Tu avec carte {count} item has\n+Tu avec carté {count} itém has\n")
             expect(differ.diff(actual, expected).encoding).to eq(Encoding.default_external)
           end
-
-          it 'handles any encoding error that occurs with a helpful error message' do
-            expect(RSpec::Support::HunkGenerator).to receive(:new).
-              and_raise(Encoding::CompatibilityError)
-            expected = "Tu avec carte {count} item has\n".encode('us-ascii')
-            actual   = "Tu avec carté {count} itém has\n"
-            diff = differ.diff(actual, expected)
-            expect(diff).to match(/Could not produce a diff/)
-            expect(diff).to match(/actual string \(UTF-8\)/)
-            expect(diff).to match(/expected string \(US-ASCII\)/)
-          end
         end
 
         it "outputs unified diff message of two objects" do