diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 34a693ea24927..6cdb7ac42fa04 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -78,9 +78,6 @@ add_fmt_test(printf-test)
 add_fmt_test(ranges-test ranges-odr-test.cc)
 add_fmt_test(scan-test)
 add_fmt_test(std-test)
-if (MSVC)
-  target_compile_options(std-test PRIVATE /source-charset:utf-8)
-endif ()
 add_fmt_test(unicode-test HEADER_ONLY)
 if (MSVC)
   target_compile_options(unicode-test PRIVATE /utf-8)
diff --git a/test/std-test.cc b/test/std-test.cc
index 257c8acd9c1a8..12d532b275386 100644
--- a/test/std-test.cc
+++ b/test/std-test.cc
@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ TEST(std_test, path) {
             "\"foo\\\"bar.txt\"");
 
 #  ifdef _WIN32
-  EXPECT_EQ(fmt::format("{}", std::filesystem::path(L"Файл.txt")),
+  // File.txt in Russian.
+  // Do not use utf-8 encoded chars in this file.
+  const wchar_t unicode_path[] = {0x424, 0x430, 0x439, 0x43b, 0x2e,
+                                  0x74,  0x78,  0x74,  0};
+  EXPECT_EQ(fmt::format("{}", std::filesystem::path(unicode_path)),
             "\"\xd0\xa4\xd0\xb0\xd0\xb9\xd0\xbb.txt\"");
 #  endif
 #endif