--- /dev/null
+--- a/libbb/printable_string.c
++++ b/libbb/printable_string.c
+@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ const char* FAST_FUNC printable_string(u
+ }
+ if (c < ' ')
+ break;
+- if (c >= 0x7f)
+- break;
+ s++;
+ }
+
+@@ -45,7 +43,7 @@ const char* FAST_FUNC printable_string(u
+ unsigned char c = *d;
+ if (c == '\0')
+ break;
+- if (c < ' ' || c >= 0x7f)
++ if (c < ' ')
+ *d = '?';
+ d++;
+ }