From 797f99c53f4c07f06460614e3e0197b8552d9031 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Richard Shadrach <rhshadrach@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2025 07:59:27 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] cleanup

---
 pandas/core/strings/accessor.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pandas/core/strings/accessor.py b/pandas/core/strings/accessor.py
index 94731d47032d4..955638984aab9 100644
--- a/pandas/core/strings/accessor.py
+++ b/pandas/core/strings/accessor.py
@@ -2159,8 +2159,8 @@ def decode(self, encoding, errors: str = "strict", dtype: str | DtypeObj = None)
             f = lambda x: decoder(x, errors)[0]
         arr = self._data.array
         result = arr._str_map(f)
-        if dtype is None:
-            dtype = "str" if get_option("future.infer_string") else None
+        if dtype is None and get_option("future.infer_string"):
+            dtype = "str"
         return self._wrap_result(result, dtype=dtype)
 
     @forbid_nonstring_types(["bytes"])