<div dir="ltr">diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/<wbr>python/python/sitecustomize.py b/meta/recipes-devtools/<wbr>python/python/sitecustomize.py<br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
index 273901898a0..4c8b5e2ba3d 100644<br>
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/<wbr>python/python/sitecustomize.py<br>
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/<wbr>python/python/sitecustomize.py<br>
@@ -27,19 +27,11 @@ def __enableReadlineSupport():<br>
     except IOError:<br>
         pass<br>
<br>
-def __enableDefaultEncoding():<br>
-    import sys<br>
-    try:<br>
-        sys.setdefaultencoding( &quot;utf8&quot; )<br>
-    except LookupError:<br>
-        pass<br>
-<br>
 import sys<br>
 try:<br>
     import rlcompleter, readline<br>
 except ImportError:<br>
     pass<br>
 else:<br>
-    __enableDefaultEncoding()<br>
     __registerExitHandler()<br>
     __enableReadlineSupport()<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>This change isn&#39;t explained in the commit log.</div><div><br></div><div>Ross </div></div></div></div>