diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c24d2ff8fa..f34884628e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3582,7 +3582,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "rust_decimal",
  "rustls",
  "rustls-native-certs",
- "rustls-pki-types",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "sha2",
diff --git a/sqlx-mysql/src/types/str.rs b/sqlx-mysql/src/types/str.rs
index 8233e90893..093bad1087 100644
--- a/sqlx-mysql/src/types/str.rs
+++ b/sqlx-mysql/src/types/str.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ impl Type<MySql> for str {
                 | ColumnType::String
                 | ColumnType::VarString
                 | ColumnType::Enum
-        ) && !ty.flags.contains(ColumnFlags::BINARY)
+        )
     }
 }