diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 00abd1d9d..81f6f422e 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-*.py eol=lf
-*.sh eol=lf
-*.ps1 eol=crlf
+*.py    eol=lf
+*.sh    eol=lf
+*.ps1   eol=crlf
diff --git a/docs/advanced-hyperopt.md b/docs/advanced-hyperopt.md
index c86978b80..35fd3de4a 100644
--- a/docs/advanced-hyperopt.md
+++ b/docs/advanced-hyperopt.md
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ Given the following result from hyperopt:
 ```
 Best result:
 
-    44/100:    135 trades. Avg profit  0.57%. Total profit  0.03871918 BTC (0.7722Σ%). Avg duration 180.4 mins. Objective: 1.94367
+    44/100:    135 trades. Avg profit  0.57%. Total profit  0.03871918 BTC (0.7722%). Avg duration 180.4 mins. Objective: 1.94367
 
 Buy hyperspace params:
 {    'adx-value': 44,
diff --git a/docs/hyperopt.md b/docs/hyperopt.md
index 0d7b1cc32..dfee27fa2 100644
--- a/docs/hyperopt.md
+++ b/docs/hyperopt.md
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ Given the following result from hyperopt:
 ```
 Best result:
 
-    44/100:    135 trades. Avg profit  0.57%. Total profit  0.03871918 BTC (0.7722Σ%). Avg duration 180.4 mins. Objective: 1.94367
+    44/100:    135 trades. Avg profit  0.57%. Total profit  0.03871918 BTC (0.7722%). Avg duration 180.4 mins. Objective: 1.94367
 
     # Buy hyperspace params:
     buy_params = {
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ If you are optimizing ROI (i.e. if optimization search-space contains 'all', 'de
 ```
 Best result:
 
-    44/100:    135 trades. Avg profit  0.57%. Total profit  0.03871918 BTC (0.7722Σ%). Avg duration 180.4 mins. Objective: 1.94367
+    44/100:    135 trades. Avg profit  0.57%. Total profit  0.03871918 BTC (0.7722%). Avg duration 180.4 mins. Objective: 1.94367
 
     # ROI table:
     minimal_roi = {
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ If you are optimizing stoploss values (i.e. if optimization search-space contain
 ```
 Best result:
 
-    44/100:    135 trades. Avg profit  0.57%. Total profit  0.03871918 BTC (0.7722Σ%). Avg duration 180.4 mins. Objective: 1.94367
+    44/100:    135 trades. Avg profit  0.57%. Total profit  0.03871918 BTC (0.7722%). Avg duration 180.4 mins. Objective: 1.94367
 
     # Buy hyperspace params:
     buy_params = {
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ If you are optimizing trailing stop values (i.e. if optimization search-space co
 ```
 Best result:
 
-    45/100:    606 trades. Avg profit  1.04%. Total profit  0.31555614 BTC ( 630.48Σ%). Avg duration 150.3 mins. Objective: -1.10161
+    45/100:    606 trades. Avg profit  1.04%. Total profit  0.31555614 BTC ( 630.48%). Avg duration 150.3 mins. Objective: -1.10161
 
     # Trailing stop:
     trailing_stop = True
diff --git a/freqtrade/optimize/hyperopt_tools.py b/freqtrade/optimize/hyperopt_tools.py
index 38cb0854e..ebe405d07 100644
--- a/freqtrade/optimize/hyperopt_tools.py
+++ b/freqtrade/optimize/hyperopt_tools.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 
 import io
-import locale
 import logging
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -195,9 +194,9 @@ class HyperoptTools():
                 f"Avg profit {results_metrics['profit_mean'] * 100: 6.2f}%. "
                 f"Median profit {results_metrics['profit_median'] * 100: 6.2f}%. "
                 f"Total profit {results_metrics['profit_total_abs']: 11.8f} {stake_currency} "
-                f"({results_metrics['profit_total'] * 100: 7.2f}\N{GREEK CAPITAL LETTER SIGMA}%). "
+                f"({results_metrics['profit_total'] * 100: 7.2f}%). "
                 f"Avg duration {results_metrics['holding_avg']} min."
-                ).encode(locale.getpreferredencoding(), 'replace').decode('utf-8')
+                )
 
     @staticmethod
     def _format_explanation_string(results, total_epochs) -> str:
diff --git a/tests/optimize/test_hyperopt.py b/tests/optimize/test_hyperopt.py
index d7eb8bf67..07d208210 100644
--- a/tests/optimize/test_hyperopt.py
+++ b/tests/optimize/test_hyperopt.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 # pragma pylint: disable=missing-docstring,W0212,C0103
-import locale
 import logging
 import re
 from datetime import datetime
@@ -640,9 +639,9 @@ def test_generate_optimizer(mocker, hyperopt_conf) -> None:
         'loss': 1.9147239021396234,
         'results_explanation': ('     4 trades. 4/0/0 Wins/Draws/Losses. '
                                 'Avg profit   0.77%. Median profit   0.71%. Total profit  '
-                                '0.00003100 BTC (   0.00\N{GREEK CAPITAL LETTER SIGMA}%). '
+                                '0.00003100 BTC (   0.00%). '
                                 'Avg duration 0:50:00 min.'
-                                ).encode(locale.getpreferredencoding(), 'replace').decode('utf-8'),
+                                ),
         'params_details': {'buy': {'adx-enabled': False,
                                    'adx-value': 0,
                                    'fastd-enabled': True,