diff -r 94c7385cf685 -r 918a6be6f051 Utilities/Startup.py --- a/Utilities/Startup.py Sun Feb 07 13:42:06 2010 +0000 +++ b/Utilities/Startup.py Sun Feb 07 14:18:01 2010 +0000 @@ -201,10 +201,6 @@ handleArgs(argv, appinfo) app = E5Application(argv) app.setQuitOnLastWindowClosed(quitOnLastWindowClosed) - try: - sys.setappdefaultencoding(Preferences.getSystem("StringEncoding")) - except AttributeError: - pass initializeResourceSearchPath() QApplication.setWindowIcon(UI.PixmapCache.getIcon("eric.png"))