1 files changed, 0 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python/sitecustomize.py b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python/sitecustomize.py
index 273901898a..4c8b5e2ba3 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python/sitecustomize.py
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python/sitecustomize.py
@@ -27,19 +27,11 @@ def __enableReadlineSupport():
     except IOError:
         pass
 
-def __enableDefaultEncoding():
-    import sys
-    try:
-        sys.setdefaultencoding( "utf8" )
-    except LookupError:
-        pass
-
 import sys
 try:
     import rlcompleter, readline
 except ImportError:
     pass
 else:
-    __enableDefaultEncoding()
     __registerExitHandler()
     __enableReadlineSupport()