diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 51c81d760..df4cc964e 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -337,10 +337,9 @@ Getting going
   * Add your remote to the imports in `backend/all/all.go`
   * HTTP based remotes are easiest to maintain if they use rclone's rest module, but if there is a really good go SDK then use that instead.
   * Try to implement as many optional methods as possible as it makes the remote more usable.
-  * Use fs/encoder to make sure we can encode any path name and `rclone info` to help determine the encodings needed
-    * `go install -tags noencode`
+  * Use lib/encoder to make sure we can encode any path name and `rclone info` to help determine the encodings needed
     * `rclone purge -v TestRemote:rclone-info`
-    * `rclone info -vv --write-json remote.json TestRemote:rclone-info`
+    * `rclone info --remote-encoding None -vv --write-json remote.json TestRemote:rclone-info`
     * `go run cmd/info/internal/build_csv/main.go -o remote.csv remote.json`
     * open `remote.csv` in a spreadsheet and examine
 
diff --git a/lib/encoder/standard.go b/lib/encoder/standard.go
index f903d8f22..439437c79 100644
--- a/lib/encoder/standard.go
+++ b/lib/encoder/standard.go
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// +build !noencode
-
 package encoder
 
 // Standard defines the encoding that is used for paths in- and output by rclone.
diff --git a/lib/encoder/standard_noencode.go b/lib/encoder/standard_noencode.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 09c0f79ba..000000000
--- a/lib/encoder/standard_noencode.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-// +build noencode
-
-package encoder
-
-// Fake encodings used for testing
-const (
-	EncodeStandard = EncodeZero | EncodeSlash | EncodeDot
-	Standard       = MultiEncoder(EncodeStandard)
-)