diff --git a/terminal/plugins/org.eclipse.tm.terminal.control/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/terminal/plugins/org.eclipse.tm.terminal.control/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 6689e2ee7a5..2a6a4972479 100644
--- a/terminal/plugins/org.eclipse.tm.terminal.control/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/terminal/plugins/org.eclipse.tm.terminal.control/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Manifest-Version: 1.0
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: %pluginName
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.tm.terminal.control; singleton:=true
-Bundle-Version: 5.2.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 5.2.100.qualifier
 Bundle-Activator: org.eclipse.tm.internal.terminal.control.impl.TerminalPlugin
 Bundle-Vendor: %providerName
 Bundle-Localization: plugin
diff --git a/terminal/plugins/org.eclipse.tm.terminal.control/src/org/eclipse/tm/internal/terminal/emulator/VT100TerminalControl.java b/terminal/plugins/org.eclipse.tm.terminal.control/src/org/eclipse/tm/internal/terminal/emulator/VT100TerminalControl.java
index 18fa668c9a2..dda09807a04 100644
--- a/terminal/plugins/org.eclipse.tm.terminal.control/src/org/eclipse/tm/internal/terminal/emulator/VT100TerminalControl.java
+++ b/terminal/plugins/org.eclipse.tm.terminal.control/src/org/eclipse/tm/internal/terminal/emulator/VT100TerminalControl.java
@@ -312,14 +312,7 @@ public class VT100TerminalControl implements ITerminalControlForText, ITerminalC
 			return false;
 		if (strText == null)
 			return false;
-		if (!fEncoding.equals(defaultEncoding)) {
-			sendString(strText);
-		} else {
-			// TODO I do not understand why pasteString would do this here...
-			for (int i = 0; i < strText.length(); i++) {
-				sendChar(strText.charAt(i), false);
-			}
-		}
+		sendString(strText);
 		return true;
 	}