diff --git a/apps/monitor/src/runner.rs b/apps/monitor/src/runner.rs
index c915561..27640a5 100644
--- a/apps/monitor/src/runner.rs
+++ b/apps/monitor/src/runner.rs
@@ -345,16 +345,7 @@ fn run_check_blocking(
     const MAX_BODY: usize = 10 * 1024 * 1024;
     let body_str = match resp.body_mut().read_to_string() {
         Ok(s) => s,
-        Err(e) => {
-            // Try reading as raw bytes (e.g. compressed or non-UTF-8 responses)
-            let mut buf = Vec::new();
-            let _ = std::io::Read::read_to_end(resp.body_mut().as_reader(), &mut buf);
-            if buf.is_empty() {
-                format!("[failed to read body: {}]", e)
-            } else {
-                String::from_utf8_lossy(&buf).into_owned()
-            }
-        }
+        Err(e) => format!("[failed to read body: {}]", e),
     };
     let body_out = if body_str.len() > MAX_BODY {
         format!("[body truncated: {} bytes]", body_str.len())