1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/nbxmpp/c14n.py b/nbxmpp/c14n.py
index 764ecd8..d8af8d3 100644
--- a/nbxmpp/c14n.py
+++ b/nbxmpp/c14n.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def c14n(node, is_buggy):
         s=s[:-1]+' />'
     else:
         s = s + "</" + node.name + ">"
-    return s.encode('utf-8')
+    return s
 
 def normalise_attr(val):
     return val.replace('&', '&amp;').replace('<', '&lt;').replace('"', '&quot;').replace('\t', '&#x9;').replace('\n', '&#xA;').replace('\r', '&#xD;')