diff --git a/parser/parser_test.go b/parser/parser_test.go
index cbbd64b314c8a..93fedc378ca0c 100644
--- a/parser/parser_test.go
+++ b/parser/parser_test.go
@@ -6563,6 +6563,55 @@ func TestHelp(t *testing.T) {
 	RunTest(t, table, false)
 }
 
+func TestWithoutCharsetFlags(t *testing.T) {
+	type testCaseWithFlag struct {
+		src     string
+		ok      bool
+		restore string
+		flag    RestoreFlags
+	}
+
+	flag := RestoreStringSingleQuotes | RestoreSpacesAroundBinaryOperation | RestoreBracketAroundBinaryOperation | RestoreNameBackQuotes
+	cases := []testCaseWithFlag{
+		{"select 'a'", true, "SELECT 'a'", flag | RestoreStringWithoutCharset},
+		{"select _utf8'a'", true, "SELECT 'a'", flag | RestoreStringWithoutCharset},
+		{"select _utf8mb4'a'", true, "SELECT 'a'", flag | RestoreStringWithoutCharset},
+		{"select _utf8 X'D0B1'", true, "SELECT x'd0b1'", flag | RestoreStringWithoutCharset},
+
+		{"select _utf8mb4'a'", true, "SELECT 'a'", flag | RestoreStringWithoutDefaultCharset},
+		{"select _utf8'a'", true, "SELECT _utf8'a'", flag | RestoreStringWithoutDefaultCharset},
+		{"select _utf8'a'", true, "SELECT _utf8'a'", flag | RestoreStringWithoutDefaultCharset},
+		{"select _utf8 X'D0B1'", true, "SELECT _utf8 x'd0b1'", flag | RestoreStringWithoutDefaultCharset},
+	}
+
+	p := parser.New()
+	p.EnableWindowFunc(false)
+	for _, tbl := range cases {
+		stmts, _, err := p.Parse(tbl.src, "", "")
+		if !tbl.ok {
+			require.Error(t, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		// restore correctness test
+		var sb strings.Builder
+		restoreSQLs := ""
+		for _, stmt := range stmts {
+			sb.Reset()
+			ctx := NewRestoreCtx(tbl.flag, &sb)
+			ctx.DefaultDB = "test"
+			err = stmt.Restore(ctx)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			restoreSQL := sb.String()
+			if restoreSQLs != "" {
+				restoreSQLs += "; "
+			}
+			restoreSQLs += restoreSQL
+		}
+		require.Equal(t, tbl.restore, restoreSQLs)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestRestoreBinOpWithBrackets(t *testing.T) {
 	cases := []testCase{
 		{"select mod(a+b, 4)+1", true, "SELECT (((`a` + `b`) % 4) + 1)"},
diff --git a/parser/test_driver/test_driver.go b/parser/test_driver/test_driver.go
index 2a085b81b7c86..00fb002864abf 100644
--- a/parser/test_driver/test_driver.go
+++ b/parser/test_driver/test_driver.go
@@ -79,7 +79,9 @@ func (n *ValueExpr) Restore(ctx *format.RestoreCtx) error {
 	case KindFloat64:
 		ctx.WritePlain(strconv.FormatFloat(n.GetFloat64(), 'e', -1, 64))
 	case KindString:
-		if n.Type.GetCharset() != "" {
+		if n.Type.GetCharset() != "" &&
+			!ctx.Flags.HasStringWithoutCharset() &&
+			(!ctx.Flags.HasStringWithoutDefaultCharset() || n.Type.GetCharset() != mysql.DefaultCharset) {
 			ctx.WritePlain("_")
 			ctx.WriteKeyWord(n.Type.GetCharset())
 		}
@@ -90,6 +92,7 @@ func (n *ValueExpr) Restore(ctx *format.RestoreCtx) error {
 		ctx.WritePlain(n.GetMysqlDecimal().String())
 	case KindBinaryLiteral:
 		if n.Type.GetCharset() != "" && n.Type.GetCharset() != mysql.DefaultCharset &&
+			!ctx.Flags.HasStringWithoutCharset() &&
 			n.Type.GetCharset() != charset.CharsetBin {
 			ctx.WritePlain("_")
 			ctx.WriteKeyWord(n.Type.GetCharset() + " ")