diff --git a/src/components/message/Message.js b/src/components/message/Message.js
index 852b80b309..fc34c6c7b3 100644
--- a/src/components/message/Message.js
+++ b/src/components/message/Message.js
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import {
     getActiveTags,
     ppDebug,
     createState,
-    parseObjFromEncoding,
     getRequestDuration,
     getTsCookieFromStorage,
     getOrCreateDeviceID
@@ -187,8 +186,9 @@ const Message = function ({ markup, meta, parentStyles, warnings }) {
                 request('GET', `${window.location.origin}/credit-presentment/smart/message?${query}`).then(
                     ({ data: resData }) => {
                         const jsonData = resData.slice(resData.indexOf('<!--') + 4, resData.indexOf('-->'));
-                        // TODO: Cleanup ternary and remove 'parseObjFromEncoding' from utils; only JSON.parse will be needed.
-                        const data = jsonData.startsWith('{') ? JSON.parse(jsonData) : parseObjFromEncoding(jsonData);
+
+                        const data = JSON.parse(jsonData);
+
                         button.innerHTML = data.markup ?? markup ?? '';
                         const buttonWidth = button.offsetWidth;
                         const buttonHeight = button.offsetHeight;
diff --git a/src/utils/miscellaneous.js b/src/utils/miscellaneous.js
index 95850b1e67..37209d9f16 100644
--- a/src/utils/miscellaneous.js
+++ b/src/utils/miscellaneous.js
@@ -99,19 +99,6 @@ export function request(method, url, { data, headers, withCredentials } = {}) {
         xhttp.send(typeof data === 'object' ? JSON.stringify(data) : data);
     });
 }
-
-export function parseObjFromEncoding(encodedStr) {
-    // equivalent to JSON.parse(fromBinary(atob(encodedStr))) as in initScript
-    const binary = atob(encodedStr);
-    const bytes = new Uint8Array(binary.length);
-    for (let i = 0; i < bytes.length; i++) {
-        bytes[i] = binary.charCodeAt(i);
-    }
-    // need to use .apply instead of spread operator so IE can understand
-    const decodedStr = String.fromCharCode.apply(null, new Uint16Array(bytes.buffer));
-    return JSON.parse(decodedStr);
-}
-
 export function createEvent(name) {
     if (typeof Event === 'function') {
         return new Event(name);
diff --git a/tests/unit/spec/src/components/message/Message.test.js b/tests/unit/spec/src/components/message/Message.test.js
index 6cab7a3e38..dacdcb84a7 100644
--- a/tests/unit/spec/src/components/message/Message.test.js
+++ b/tests/unit/spec/src/components/message/Message.test.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { getByText, fireEvent, queryByText } from '@testing-library/dom';
 
 import Message from 'src/components/message/Message';
-import { request, createState, parseObjFromEncoding } from 'src/utils';
+import { request, createState } from 'src/utils';
 import xPropsMock from 'utils/xPropsMock';
 
 const ts = {
@@ -15,17 +15,10 @@ jest.mock('src/utils', () => ({
     getOrCreateDeviceID: jest.fn(() => 'uid_26a2522628_mtc6mjk6nti'),
     request: jest.fn(() =>
         Promise.resolve({
-            data: '<!--ewAiAG0AYQByAGsAdQBwACIAOgAiADwAZABpAHYAPgBtAG8AYwBrADwALwBkAGkAdgA+ACIALAAiAG0AZQB0AGEAIgA6AHsAIgBtAGUAcwBzAGEAZwBlAFIAZQBxAHUAZQBzAHQASQBkACIAOgAiADIAMwA0ADUANgAiAH0ALAAiAHAAYQByAGUAbgB0AFMAdAB5AGwAZQBzACIAOgAiAGIAbwBkAHkAIAB7ACAAYwBvAGwAbwByADoAIABiAGwAdQBlADsAIAB9ACIALAAiAHcAYQByAG4AaQBuAGcAcwAiADoAWwBdAH0A-->'
+            data: '<!--{"markup":"<div>mock</div>","meta":{"messageRequestId":"23456"},"parentStyles":"body { color: blue; }","warnings":[]}-->'
         })
     ),
-    parseObjFromEncoding: jest.fn(() => ({
-        markup: '<div>mock</div>',
-        meta: {
-            messageRequestId: '23456'
-        },
-        parentStyles: 'body { color: blue; }',
-        warnings: []
-    })),
+
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
     ppDebug: jest.fn(() => console.log('PayPal Debug Message')),
     getRequestDuration: jest.fn(() => 123)
@@ -63,7 +56,6 @@ describe('Message', () => {
         createState.mockClear();
         request.mockClear();
         xPropsMock.clear();
-        parseObjFromEncoding.mockClear();
     });
 
     test('Renders the button with styles', () => {
@@ -180,14 +172,4 @@ describe('Message', () => {
             ts
         });
     });
-
-    test('raw json data from request', async () => {
-        request.mockReturnValue(
-            Promise.resolve({
-                data: '<!--{"markup":"<div>json response</div>","meta":{"messageRequestId":"34567"}}-->'
-            })
-        );
-        Message(serverData);
-        expect(parseObjFromEncoding).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-    });
 });