diff --git a/crates/dbx-core/src/db/sqlserver.rs b/crates/dbx-core/src/db/sqlserver.rs
index dcad83e7b..cc13d133b 100644
--- a/crates/dbx-core/src/db/sqlserver.rs
+++ b/crates/dbx-core/src/db/sqlserver.rs
@@ -639,18 +639,6 @@ fn sqlserver_cell_to_json(cell: &ColumnData<'static>) -> serde_json::Value {
         return serde_json::Value::String(v.to_string());
     }
     if let Ok(Some(v)) = <Vec<u8> as tiberius::FromSqlOwned>::from_sql_owned(cell.clone()) {
-        // Try to decode as UTF-16 LE (SQL Server NVARCHAR encoding) with lossy conversion
-        // This handles cases where sys.sql_modules.definition contains invalid UTF-8 sequences
-        if v.len() >= 2 && v.len() % 2 == 0 {
-            let utf16_units: Vec<u16> =
-                v.chunks_exact(2).map(|chunk| u16::from_le_bytes([chunk[0], chunk[1]])).collect();
-            if let Ok(decoded) = String::from_utf16(&utf16_units) {
-                return serde_json::Value::String(decoded);
-            }
-            // Use lossy conversion as fallback for invalid UTF-16 sequences
-            let lossy_decoded = String::from_utf16_lossy(&utf16_units);
-            return serde_json::Value::String(lossy_decoded);
-        }
         return super::binary_value_to_json(&v);
     }
     serde_json::Value::Null
@@ -2066,6 +2054,14 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(sqlserver_cell_to_json(&cell), serde_json::json!("2026-05-13 09:08:07.123"));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn sqlserver_binary_cells_are_json_hex_strings() {
+        let cell =
+            ColumnData::Binary(Some(std::borrow::Cow::Owned(vec![0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0xCF, 0x53])));
+
+        assert_eq!(sqlserver_cell_to_json(&cell), serde_json::json!("0x000000000001cf53"));
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn sqlserver_detects_geometry_result_columns() {
         assert!(is_sqlserver_spatial_column(&SqlServerDescribedColumn {
diff --git a/crates/dbx-core/tests/live_postgres_transfer.rs b/crates/dbx-core/tests/live_postgres_transfer.rs
index e5e5c248e..a75136178 100644
--- a/crates/dbx-core/tests/live_postgres_transfer.rs
+++ b/crates/dbx-core/tests/live_postgres_transfer.rs
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ fn postgres_test_config(id: &str, database: &str) -> ConnectionConfig {
         redis_sentinel_tls: false,
         redis_cluster_nodes: String::new(),
         redis_key_separator: dbx_core::models::connection::default_redis_key_separator(),
+        redis_scan_page_size: None,
         etcd_endpoints: String::new(),
         gbase_server: String::new(),
         informix_server: String::new(),