diff --git a/gatchat/gatrawip.c b/gatchat/gatrawip.c
index e8af4737..539f71fb 100644
--- a/gatchat/gatrawip.c
+++ b/gatchat/gatrawip.c
@@ -205,9 +205,6 @@ static void create_tun(GAtRawIP *rawip)
 
 	rawip->tun_io = g_at_io_new(channel);
 
-	g_io_channel_set_encoding(channel, NULL, NULL);
-	g_io_channel_set_buffered(channel, FALSE);
-
 	g_io_channel_unref(channel);
 }