diff --git a/asterisk/agi.py b/asterisk/agi.py
index f19e9a0..183761c 100755
--- a/asterisk/agi.py
+++ b/asterisk/agi.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-#! /usr/bin/env python
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# vim:fenc=utf-8
+-#!/usr/bin/env python2
+-# vim: set et sw=4:
+
 """
 .. module:: agi
    :synopsis: This module contains functions and classes to implment AGI scripts in python. 
@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@ import sys
 import pprint
 import re
 import signal
-import sys
-reload(sys)
-sys.setdefaultencoding("utf-8")
-
 
 DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 2000  # 2sec timeout used as default for functions that take timeouts
 DEFAULT_RECORD = 20000  # 20sec record time