diff --git a/dvc/fs/base.py b/dvc/fs/base.py
index e16de68a51..0d5f3bc93d 100644
--- a/dvc/fs/base.py
+++ b/dvc/fs/base.py
@@ -179,10 +179,11 @@ def open(
         self,
         path: AnyFSPath,
         mode: str = "r",
-        encoding: Optional[str] = None,
         **kwargs,
     ) -> "IO":  # pylint: disable=arguments-differ
-        return self.fs.open(path, mode=mode, encoding=encoding, **kwargs)
+        if "b" in mode:
+            kwargs.pop("encoding", None)
+        return self.fs.open(path, mode=mode, **kwargs)
 
     def cat(
         self,