From 3d2251317acf255aebb0b9deed568ecfafcf8788 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hein <hein@bitechsystems.co.za>
Date: Tue, 26 May 2026 10:31:34 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(headers): remove unused utf8 validation in DecodeParam

---
 pkg/restheadspec/headers.go | 6 ------
 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pkg/restheadspec/headers.go b/pkg/restheadspec/headers.go
index c347850..53e5c17 100644
--- a/pkg/restheadspec/headers.go
+++ b/pkg/restheadspec/headers.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
-	"unicode/utf8"
 
 	"github.com/bitechdev/ResolveSpec/pkg/common"
 	"github.com/bitechdev/ResolveSpec/pkg/logger"
@@ -102,11 +101,6 @@ func DecodeParam(pStr string) (string, error) {
 
 	if strings.HasPrefix(code, "ZIP_") || strings.HasPrefix(code, "__") {
 		code, _ = DecodeParam(code)
-	} else {
-		strDat, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(code)
-		if err == nil && utf8.Valid(strDat) {
-			code = string(strDat)
-		}
 	}
 
 	return code, nil