diff -r 058c2468b2f5 -r 5c9c71cde1c9 tests/run-tests.py
--- a/tests/run-tests.py	Fri Oct 04 16:07:32 2019 -0400
+++ b/tests/run-tests.py	Sat Oct 05 17:01:02 2019 -0400
@@ -80,13 +80,6 @@
     import pipes
     shellquote = pipes.quote
 
-if os.environ.get('RTUNICODEPEDANTRY', False):
-    try:
-        reload(sys)
-        sys.setdefaultencoding("undefined")
-    except NameError:
-        pass
-
 processlock = threading.Lock()
 
 pygmentspresent = False