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diff --git a/khal/cli.py b/khal/cli.py
index 627fae7..978deda 100644
--- a/khal/cli.py
+++ b/khal/cli.py
@@ -298,8 +298,7 @@ def _get_cli():
         for event in events:
             desc = textwrap.wrap(event.long(), term_width)
             event_column.extend([colored(d, event.color) for d in desc])
-        click.echo('\n'.join(event_column).encode(
-            ctx.obj['conf']['locale']['encoding']))
+        click.echo('\n'.join(event_column))
 
     @cli.command()
     @calendar_selector
@@ -341,7 +340,7 @@ def _get_cli():
         for event in events:
             desc = textwrap.wrap(event.long(), term_width)
             event_column.extend([colored(d, event.color) for d in desc])
-        click.echo('\n'.join(event_column).encode(ctx.obj['conf']['locale']['encoding']))
+        click.echo('\n'.join(event_column))
 
     return cli, interactive_cli
 
diff --git a/khal/controllers.py b/khal/controllers.py
index 4d67d9a..be497d5 100644
--- a/khal/controllers.py
+++ b/khal/controllers.py
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ class Agenda(object):
         term_width, _ = get_terminal_size()
         event_column = get_agenda(collection, dates=date, width=term_width,
                                   show_all_days=show_all_days, **kwargs)
-        echo('\n'.join(event_column).encode(encoding))
+        echo('\n'.join(event_column))
 
 
 class NewFromString(object):
diff --git a/tests/cli_test.py b/tests/cli_test.py
index ba2b93c..6666d80 100644
--- a/tests/cli_test.py
+++ b/tests/cli_test.py
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ path = {dbpath}
 
 
 def strip_ansi_escapes(value):
+    return value
     ansi_escape = re.compile(r'\x1b[^m]*m')
     return ansi_escape.sub('', value)