diff --git a/src/aphront/storage/connection/mysql/AphrontBaseMySQLDatabaseConnection.php b/src/aphront/storage/connection/mysql/AphrontBaseMySQLDatabaseConnection.php
index db88d0a..196f5af 100644
--- a/src/aphront/storage/connection/mysql/AphrontBaseMySQLDatabaseConnection.php
+++ b/src/aphront/storage/connection/mysql/AphrontBaseMySQLDatabaseConnection.php
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ abstract class AphrontBaseMySQLDatabaseConnection
   protected function validateUTF8String($string) {
     // TODO: Make this `true` eventually, once we make storage adjustment
     // mandatory. For now, you can set it to `true` to test things.
-    $has_utf8mb4 = false;
+    $has_utf8mb4 = true;
 
     if ($has_utf8mb4) {
       if (phutil_is_utf8($string)) {