diff --git a/scripts/currencies.py b/scripts/currencies.py
index dc6681961b..e46b325c43 100755
--- a/scripts/currencies.py
+++ b/scripts/currencies.py
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ for currency in pycountry.currencies:
         </record>\n''' % (currency.alpha_3.lower(), currency.name,
                 currency.alpha_3, currency.numeric,
                 symbols.get(currency.alpha_3, currency.alpha_3), extend)
-    sys.stdout.write(record.encode('utf-8'))
+    sys.stdout.write(record)
 
 sys.stdout.write('    </data>\n')
 sys.stdout.write('</tryton>\n')