diff --git a/soscollector/sosnode.py b/soscollector/sosnode.py
index 3aba0bf..ff130ba 100644
--- a/soscollector/sosnode.py
+++ b/soscollector/sosnode.py
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@
else:
if get_pty:
cmd = "/bin/bash -c %s" % quote(cmd)
- res = pexpect.spawn(cmd, encoding='utf-8')
+ res = pexpect.spawn(cmd)
if need_root:
if self.config['need_sudo']:
res.sendline(self.config['sudo_pw'])
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@
self.control_path,
self.config['ssh_user'],
self.address))
- res = pexpect.spawn(cmd, encoding='utf-8')
+ res = pexpect.spawn(cmd)
connect_expects = [
u'Connected',