diff --git a/asterisk/agi.py b/asterisk/agi.py
index f19e9a0..1fdaa58 100755
--- a/asterisk/agi.py
+++ b/asterisk/agi.py
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ import sys
 import pprint
 import re
 import signal
-import sys
-reload(sys)
-sys.setdefaultencoding("utf-8")
+#import sys
+#reload(sys)
+#sys.setdefaultencoding("utf-8")
 
 
 DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 2000  # 2sec timeout used as default for functions that take timeouts