1 files changed, 1 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/examples/register_account.py b/examples/register_account.py
index 7b8a2514..00bdfd0f 100755
--- a/examples/register_account.py
+++ b/examples/register_account.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
     See the file LICENSE for copying permission.
 """
 
-import sys
 import logging
 import getpass
 from optparse import OptionParser
@@ -17,16 +16,6 @@ from optparse import OptionParser
 import slixmpp
 from slixmpp.exceptions import IqError, IqTimeout
 
-# Python versions before 3.0 do not use UTF-8 encoding
-# by default. To ensure that Unicode is handled properly
-# throughout Slixmpp, we will set the default encoding
-# ourselves to UTF-8.
-if sys.version_info < (3, 0):
-    from slixmpp.util.misc_ops import setdefaultencoding
-    setdefaultencoding('utf8')
-else:
-    raw_input = input
-
 
 class RegisterBot(slixmpp.ClientXMPP):
 
@@ -140,7 +129,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
                         format='%(levelname)-8s %(message)s')
 
     if opts.jid is None:
-        opts.jid = raw_input("Username: ")
+        opts.jid = input("Username: ")
     if opts.password is None:
         opts.password = getpass.getpass("Password: ")