diff --git a/packages/ketcher-core/package.json b/packages/ketcher-core/package.json
index c77817047f..efb61dea53 100644
--- a/packages/ketcher-core/package.json
+++ b/packages/ketcher-core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ketcher-core",
-  "version": "2.6.0-rc.2",
+  "version": "2.6.0-rc.3",
   "description": "Web-based molecule sketcher",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "homepage": "http://lifescience.opensource.epam.com/ketcher",
@@ -44,8 +44,7 @@
     "assert": "^2.0.0",
     "lodash": "^4.17.21",
     "raphael": "^2.3.0",
-    "svgpath": "^2.3.1",
-    "utf8": "^3.0.0"
+    "svgpath": "^2.3.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/core": "^7.17.9",
diff --git a/packages/ketcher-core/src/domain/serializers/ket/fromKet/textToStruct.ts b/packages/ketcher-core/src/domain/serializers/ket/fromKet/textToStruct.ts
index 0bdd507aa7..2326ac503b 100644
--- a/packages/ketcher-core/src/domain/serializers/ket/fromKet/textToStruct.ts
+++ b/packages/ketcher-core/src/domain/serializers/ket/fromKet/textToStruct.ts
@@ -16,11 +16,10 @@
 
 import { Struct, Text } from 'domain/entities'
 import { getNodeWithInvertedYCoord } from '../helpers'
-import { utf8Converter } from '../utf8Converter'
 
 export function textToStruct(ketItem: any, struct: Struct) {
   const object = getNodeWithInvertedYCoord(ketItem.data)
-  struct.texts.add(new Text(utf8Converter(object, 'decode')))
+  struct.texts.add(new Text(object))
 
   return struct
 }
diff --git a/packages/ketcher-core/src/domain/serializers/ket/toKet/textToKet.ts b/packages/ketcher-core/src/domain/serializers/ket/toKet/textToKet.ts
index 840be9d21c..fa410f8f6a 100644
--- a/packages/ketcher-core/src/domain/serializers/ket/toKet/textToKet.ts
+++ b/packages/ketcher-core/src/domain/serializers/ket/toKet/textToKet.ts
@@ -14,11 +14,10 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  ***************************************************************************/
 import { getNodeWithInvertedYCoord } from '../helpers'
-import { utf8Converter } from '../utf8Converter'
 
 export function textToKet(textNode) {
   return {
     type: 'text',
-    data: getNodeWithInvertedYCoord(utf8Converter(textNode.data, 'encode'))
+    data: getNodeWithInvertedYCoord(textNode.data)
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/ketcher-core/src/domain/serializers/ket/utf8Converter.ts b/packages/ketcher-core/src/domain/serializers/ket/utf8Converter.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 91442d3e6d..0000000000
--- a/packages/ketcher-core/src/domain/serializers/ket/utf8Converter.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-import * as utf8 from 'utf8'
-
-export function utf8Converter(data, codeType) {
-  const content = JSON.parse(data.content)
-  content.blocks.map((block) => {
-    block.text =
-      codeType === 'encode' ? utf8.encode(block.text) : utf8.decode(block.text)
-    return block
-  })
-  data.content = JSON.stringify(content)
-  return data
-}
diff --git a/packages/ketcher-react/package.json b/packages/ketcher-react/package.json
index fec7a1fae9..0b80a995f8 100644
--- a/packages/ketcher-react/package.json
+++ b/packages/ketcher-react/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ketcher-react",
-  "version": "2.6.0-rc.2",
+  "version": "2.6.0-rc.3",
   "description": "Web-based molecule sketcher",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "homepage": "http://lifescience.opensource.epam.com/ketcher",
diff --git a/packages/ketcher-standalone/package.json b/packages/ketcher-standalone/package.json
index b78e4eaa74..0c527778c3 100644
--- a/packages/ketcher-standalone/package.json
+++ b/packages/ketcher-standalone/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ketcher-standalone",
-  "version": "2.6.0-rc.2",
+  "version": "2.6.0-rc.3",
   "description": "Web-based molecule sketcher",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "homepage": "http://lifescience.opensource.epam.com/ketcher",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index f3d69d4459..2544dd1d8e 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -11226,7 +11226,6 @@ __metadata:
     typedoc: ^0.22.17
     typedoc-plugin-markdown: ^3.12.1
     typescript: ^4.5.2
-    utf8: ^3.0.0
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
 
@@ -17999,13 +17998,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"utf8@npm:^3.0.0":
-  version: 3.0.0
-  resolution: "utf8@npm:3.0.0"
-  checksum: cb89a69ad9ab393e3eae9b25305b3ff08bebca9adc839191a34f90777eb2942f86a96369d2839925fea58f8f722f7e27031d697f10f5f39690f8c5047303e62d
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "util-deprecate@npm:^1.0.1, util-deprecate@npm:^1.0.2, util-deprecate@npm:~1.0.1":
   version: 1.0.2
   resolution: "util-deprecate@npm:1.0.2"