diff --git a/shared/src/main/scala/io/kaitai/struct/translators/RustTranslator.scala b/shared/src/main/scala/io/kaitai/struct/translators/RustTranslator.scala
index 6f77cc4ce..af1c5efd6 100644
--- a/shared/src/main/scala/io/kaitai/struct/translators/RustTranslator.scala
+++ b/shared/src/main/scala/io/kaitai/struct/translators/RustTranslator.scala
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class RustTranslator(provider: TypeProvider, config: RuntimeConfig) extends Base
       case "ASCII" =>
         s"String::from_utf8_lossy($bytesExpr)"
       case _ =>
-        s"panic!(\"Unimplemented encoding for bytesToStr: {}\", \"${doStringLiteral(encoding)}\")"
+        "panic!(\"Unimplemented encoding for bytesToStr: {}\", \"" + encoding + "\")"
     }
   override def bytesLength(b: Ast.expr): String =
     s"${translate(b, METHOD_PRECEDENCE)}.len()"