diff --git a/Gui/Command.py b/Gui/Command.py
index 6b12fba..959432a 100644
--- a/Gui/Command.py
+++ b/Gui/Command.py
@@ -187,8 +187,7 @@ class CadQueryExecuteScript:
         msg = QtGui.QApplication.translate(
             "cqCodeWidget",
             "Executed ",
-            None,
-            QtGui.QApplication.UnicodeUTF8)
+            None)
         FreeCAD.Console.PrintMessage(msg + cqCodePane.file.path + "\r\n")
 
 
diff --git a/Gui/ExportCQ.py b/Gui/ExportCQ.py
index cba98f8..ca73d16 100644
--- a/Gui/ExportCQ.py
+++ b/Gui/ExportCQ.py
@@ -26,6 +26,5 @@ def save(filename=None):
     msg = QtGui.QApplication.translate(
             "cqCodeWidget",
             "Saved ",
-            None,
-            QtGui.QApplication.UnicodeUTF8)
+            None)
     FreeCAD.Console.PrintMessage(msg + cqCodePane.file.path + "\r\n")
diff --git a/Gui/ImportCQ.py b/Gui/ImportCQ.py
index 00625c9..10a53d4 100644
--- a/Gui/ImportCQ.py
+++ b/Gui/ImportCQ.py
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ def open(filename):
         msg = QtGui.QApplication.translate(
             "cqCodeWidget",
             "Please install Python 2.7",
-            None,
-            QtGui.QApplication.UnicodeUTF8)
+            None)
         FreeCAD.Console.PrintError(msg + "\r\n")
 
     # The extra version numbers won't work on Windows
@@ -98,8 +97,7 @@ def open(filename):
     msg = QtGui.QApplication.translate(
             "cqCodeWidget",
             "Opened ",
-            None,
-            QtGui.QApplication.UnicodeUTF8)
+            None)
     FreeCAD.Console.PrintMessage(msg + filename + "\r\n")
 
     return
diff --git a/InitGui.py b/InitGui.py
index 705843d..25425b9 100644
--- a/InitGui.py
+++ b/InitGui.py
@@ -57,8 +57,7 @@ class CadQueryWorkbench (Workbench):
             "Author: David Cowden\r\n"
             "License: Apache-2.0\r\n"
             "Website: https://github.com/dcowden/cadquery\r\n",
-            None,
-            QtGui.QApplication.UnicodeUTF8)
+            None)
         FreeCAD.Console.PrintMessage(msg)
 
         #Getting the main window will allow us to start setting things up the way we want