diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/MetaData/Profiles/ICC/DataReader/IccDataReader.Primitives.cs b/src/ImageSharp/MetaData/Profiles/ICC/DataReader/IccDataReader.Primitives.cs
index 5be0060f61..bb85a5ca3e 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/MetaData/Profiles/ICC/DataReader/IccDataReader.Primitives.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/MetaData/Profiles/ICC/DataReader/IccDataReader.Primitives.cs
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.MetaData.Profiles.Icc
             }
 
             Guard.MustBeGreaterThan(length, 0, nameof(length));
-            string value = AsciiEncoding.GetString(this.data, this.AddIndex(length), length);
+            string value = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(this.data, this.AddIndex(length), length);
 
             // remove data after (potential) null terminator
             int pos = value.IndexOf('\0');
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/MetaData/Profiles/ICC/DataReader/IccDataReader.cs b/src/ImageSharp/MetaData/Profiles/ICC/DataReader/IccDataReader.cs
index f75b09ad04..91a28fd743 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/MetaData/Profiles/ICC/DataReader/IccDataReader.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/MetaData/Profiles/ICC/DataReader/IccDataReader.cs
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.MetaData.Profiles.Icc
     /// </summary>
     internal sealed partial class IccDataReader
     {
-        private static readonly Encoding AsciiEncoding = Encoding.ASCII;
-
         /// <summary>
         /// The data that is read
         /// </summary>