diff --git a/pync/TerminalNotifier.py b/pync/TerminalNotifier.py
index c658a1c..337e8a2 100644
--- a/pync/TerminalNotifier.py
+++ b/pync/TerminalNotifier.py
@@ -69,9 +69,6 @@ def notify(self, message, **kwargs):
           The options `wait` is a boolean for whether or not we need to wait (block) for the background process to finish
         """
 
-        if sys.version_info < (3,):
-            message = message.encode('utf-8', 'replace')
-
         self._wait = kwargs.pop('wait', False)
 
         args = ['-message', message]