diff --git a/packages/react-client/src/ReactFlightClient.js b/packages/react-client/src/ReactFlightClient.js
index 3d06c5e0ded10..dc9503037d922 100644
--- a/packages/react-client/src/ReactFlightClient.js
+++ b/packages/react-client/src/ReactFlightClient.js
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import {
   dispatchHint,
   readPartialStringChunk,
   readFinalStringChunk,
-  supportsBinaryStreams,
   createStringDecoder,
 } from './ReactFlightClientConfig';
 
@@ -667,12 +666,9 @@ export function createResponse(
     _callServer: callServer !== undefined ? callServer : missingCall,
     _chunks: chunks,
     _partialRow: '',
-    _stringDecoder: (null: any),
+    _stringDecoder: createStringDecoder(),
     _fromJSON: (null: any),
   };
-  if (supportsBinaryStreams) {
-    response._stringDecoder = createStringDecoder();
-  }
   // Don't inline this call because it causes closure to outline the call above.
   response._fromJSON = createFromJSONCallback(response);
   return response;
@@ -854,29 +850,10 @@ function processFullRow(response: Response, row: string): void {
   }
 }
 
-export function processStringChunk(
-  response: Response,
-  chunk: string,
-  offset: number,
-): void {
-  let linebreak = chunk.indexOf('\n', offset);
-  while (linebreak > -1) {
-    const fullrow = response._partialRow + chunk.slice(offset, linebreak);
-    processFullRow(response, fullrow);
-    response._partialRow = '';
-    offset = linebreak + 1;
-    linebreak = chunk.indexOf('\n', offset);
-  }
-  response._partialRow += chunk.slice(offset);
-}
-
 export function processBinaryChunk(
   response: Response,
   chunk: Uint8Array,
 ): void {
-  if (!supportsBinaryStreams) {
-    throw new Error("This environment don't support binary chunks.");
-  }
   const stringDecoder = response._stringDecoder;
   let linebreak = chunk.indexOf(10); // newline
   while (linebreak > -1) {
diff --git a/packages/react-client/src/ReactFlightClientConfigBrowser.js b/packages/react-client/src/ReactFlightClientConfigBrowser.js
index 7114ac1223ce3..5aaee08f627c6 100644
--- a/packages/react-client/src/ReactFlightClientConfigBrowser.js
+++ b/packages/react-client/src/ReactFlightClientConfigBrowser.js
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 
 export type StringDecoder = TextDecoder;
 
-export const supportsBinaryStreams = true;
-
 export function createStringDecoder(): StringDecoder {
   return new TextDecoder();
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-client/src/ReactFlightClientConfigNode.js b/packages/react-client/src/ReactFlightClientConfigNode.js
index 16d3e75316ac2..f544759ccce1c 100644
--- a/packages/react-client/src/ReactFlightClientConfigNode.js
+++ b/packages/react-client/src/ReactFlightClientConfigNode.js
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ import {TextDecoder} from 'util';
 
 export type StringDecoder = TextDecoder;
 
-export const supportsBinaryStreams = true;
-
 export function createStringDecoder(): StringDecoder {
   return new TextDecoder();
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-client/src/forks/ReactFlightClientConfig.custom.js b/packages/react-client/src/forks/ReactFlightClientConfig.custom.js
index 477ecd6e15b0c..9d00b3afa10ad 100644
--- a/packages/react-client/src/forks/ReactFlightClientConfig.custom.js
+++ b/packages/react-client/src/forks/ReactFlightClientConfig.custom.js
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ export opaque type Source = mixed;
 
 export opaque type StringDecoder = mixed; // eslint-disable-line no-undef
 
-export const supportsBinaryStreams = $$$config.supportsBinaryStreams;
 export const createStringDecoder = $$$config.createStringDecoder;
 export const readPartialStringChunk = $$$config.readPartialStringChunk;
 export const readFinalStringChunk = $$$config.readFinalStringChunk;
diff --git a/packages/react-noop-renderer/src/ReactNoopFlightClient.js b/packages/react-noop-renderer/src/ReactNoopFlightClient.js
index 5cb6e20e532f3..013c663cb0c4e 100644
--- a/packages/react-noop-renderer/src/ReactNoopFlightClient.js
+++ b/packages/react-noop-renderer/src/ReactNoopFlightClient.js
@@ -18,10 +18,20 @@ import {readModule} from 'react-noop-renderer/flight-modules';
 
 import ReactFlightClient from 'react-client/flight';
 
-type Source = Array<string>;
+type Source = Array<Uint8Array>;
 
-const {createResponse, processStringChunk, getRoot, close} = ReactFlightClient({
-  supportsBinaryStreams: false,
+const decoderOptions = {stream: true};
+
+const {createResponse, processBinaryChunk, getRoot, close} = ReactFlightClient({
+  createStringDecoder() {
+    return new TextDecoder();
+  },
+  readPartialStringChunk(decoder: TextDecoder, buffer: Uint8Array): string {
+    return decoder.decode(buffer, decoderOptions);
+  },
+  readFinalStringChunk(decoder: TextDecoder, buffer: Uint8Array): string {
+    return decoder.decode(buffer);
+  },
   resolveClientReference(bundlerConfig: null, idx: string) {
     return idx;
   },
@@ -37,7 +47,7 @@ const {createResponse, processStringChunk, getRoot, close} = ReactFlightClient({
 function read<T>(source: Source): Thenable<T> {
   const response = createResponse(source, null);
   for (let i = 0; i < source.length; i++) {
-    processStringChunk(response, source[i], 0);
+    processBinaryChunk(response, source[i], 0);
   }
   close(response);
   return getRoot(response);
diff --git a/packages/react-noop-renderer/src/ReactNoopFlightServer.js b/packages/react-noop-renderer/src/ReactNoopFlightServer.js
index 32b3aa2c4f21e..9faab3cdfa110 100644
--- a/packages/react-noop-renderer/src/ReactNoopFlightServer.js
+++ b/packages/react-noop-renderer/src/ReactNoopFlightServer.js
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ import {saveModule} from 'react-noop-renderer/flight-modules';
 
 import ReactFlightServer from 'react-server/flight';
 
-type Destination = Array<string>;
+type Destination = Array<Uint8Array>;
+
+const textEncoder = new TextEncoder();
 
 const ReactNoopFlightServer = ReactFlightServer({
   scheduleWork(callback: () => void) {
@@ -39,13 +41,13 @@ const ReactNoopFlightServer = ReactFlightServer({
   close(destination: Destination): void {},
   closeWithError(destination: Destination, error: mixed): void {},
   flushBuffered(destination: Destination): void {},
-  stringToChunk(content: string): string {
-    return content;
+  stringToChunk(content: string): Uint8Array {
+    return textEncoder.encode(content);
   },
-  stringToPrecomputedChunk(content: string): string {
-    return content;
+  stringToPrecomputedChunk(content: string): Uint8Array {
+    return textEncoder.encode(content);
   },
-  clonePrecomputedChunk(chunk: string): string {
+  clonePrecomputedChunk(chunk: Uint8Array): Uint8Array {
     return chunk;
   },
   isClientReference(reference: Object): boolean {
diff --git a/packages/react-server-dom-esm/src/ReactFlightDOMClientNode.js b/packages/react-server-dom-esm/src/ReactFlightDOMClientNode.js
index d673c9d6e419d..2ef274f9e5d97 100644
--- a/packages/react-server-dom-esm/src/ReactFlightDOMClientNode.js
+++ b/packages/react-server-dom-esm/src/ReactFlightDOMClientNode.js
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import {
   processBinaryChunk,
   close,
 } from 'react-client/src/ReactFlightClient';
-import {processStringChunk} from '../../react-client/src/ReactFlightClient';
 
 function noServerCall() {
   throw new Error(
@@ -44,11 +43,7 @@ function createFromNodeStream<T>(
 ): Thenable<T> {
   const response: Response = createResponse(moduleRootPath, noServerCall);
   stream.on('data', chunk => {
-    if (typeof chunk === 'string') {
-      processStringChunk(response, chunk, 0);
-    } else {
-      processBinaryChunk(response, chunk);
-    }
+    processBinaryChunk(response, chunk);
   });
   stream.on('error', error => {
     reportGlobalError(response, error);
diff --git a/packages/react-server-dom-webpack/src/ReactFlightDOMClientNode.js b/packages/react-server-dom-webpack/src/ReactFlightDOMClientNode.js
index 75005208a1b15..de4734d38fcc8 100644
--- a/packages/react-server-dom-webpack/src/ReactFlightDOMClientNode.js
+++ b/packages/react-server-dom-webpack/src/ReactFlightDOMClientNode.js
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import {
   processBinaryChunk,
   close,
 } from 'react-client/src/ReactFlightClient';
-import {processStringChunk} from '../../react-client/src/ReactFlightClient';
 
 function noServerCall() {
   throw new Error(
@@ -45,11 +44,7 @@ function createFromNodeStream<T>(
 ): Thenable<T> {
   const response: Response = createResponse(moduleMap, noServerCall);
   stream.on('data', chunk => {
-    if (typeof chunk === 'string') {
-      processStringChunk(response, chunk, 0);
-    } else {
-      processBinaryChunk(response, chunk);
-    }
+    processBinaryChunk(response, chunk);
   });
   stream.on('error', error => {
     reportGlobalError(response, error);