Remove encode/decode for hyperopt

freqtrade/__init__.py

@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 """ Freqtrade bot """
 __version__ = 'develop'
 
-import locale
-def getpreferredencoding(do_setlocale=True):
-    return "utf-8"
-locale.getpreferredencoding = getpreferredencoding
-
 if __version__ == 'develop':
 
     try:

freqtrade/optimize/hyperopt.py

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 This module contains the hyperopt logic
 """
 
-import locale
 import logging
 import random
 import warnings
@@ -354,7 +353,7 @@ class Hyperopt:
                 f"Total profit {results_metrics['total_profit']: 11.8f} {stake_cur} "
                 f"({results_metrics['profit']: 7.2f}\N{GREEK CAPITAL LETTER SIGMA}%). "
                 f"Avg duration {results_metrics['duration']:5.1f} min."
-                ).encode(locale.getpreferredencoding(), 'replace').decode('utf-8')
+                )
 
     def get_optimizer(self, dimensions: List[Dimension], cpu_count) -> Optimizer:
         return Optimizer(