diff --git a/fixit/jsonfmt.py b/fixit/jsonfmt.py
index e427e00..89ba00f 100644
--- a/fixit/jsonfmt.py
+++ b/fixit/jsonfmt.py
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ def format_json(raw: str, indent: int = 2) -> str:
     """
     try:
         data = json.loads(raw)
-        return json.dumps(data, indent=indent, ensure_ascii=False)
+        return json.dumps(data, indent=indent)
     except json.JSONDecodeError:
         raise ValueError("Invalid JSON")
diff --git a/tests/test_jsonfmt.py b/tests/test_jsonfmt.py
index 24a5a25..dbdb514 100644
--- a/tests/test_jsonfmt.py
+++ b/tests/test_jsonfmt.py
@@ -10,8 +10,3 @@ def test_format_json():
 def test_invalid_json_friendly_error():
     with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Invalid JSON"):
         format_json("{not json")
-
-
-def test_format_json_preserves_unicode():
-    assert format_json('{"name": "café"}') == '{\n  "name": "café"\n}'
-