diff --git a/confluent_client/bin/nodesensors b/confluent_client/bin/nodesensors
index 85dc0053..60e69cac 100755
--- a/confluent_client/bin/nodesensors
+++ b/confluent_client/bin/nodesensors
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-import codecs
 import csv
 import datetime
 import optparse
@@ -35,8 +34,6 @@ if path.startswith('/opt'):
 
 import confluent.client as client
 
-sys.stdout = codecs.getwriter('utf8')(sys.stdout)
-
 sensorcollections = {
     'all': 'sensors/hardware/all/all',
     'temperature': 'sensors/hardware/temperature/all',