--- a/Plugins/CheckerPlugins/CodeStyleChecker/pep8.py	Fri Jul 24 18:44:45 2015 +0200
+++ b/Plugins/CheckerPlugins/CodeStyleChecker/pep8.py	Sat Jul 25 12:58:42 2015 +0200
@@ -1046,7 +1046,7 @@
 ##############################################################################
 
 
-if '' == ''.encode():
+if '' == ''.encode("utf-8"):
     # Python 2: implicit encoding.
     def readlines(filename):
         """Read the source code."""