diff --git a/sitecustomize.py b/sitecustomize.py
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--- a/sitecustomize.py
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-"""
-This special Python config file sets the default encoding for
-the codebase to UTF-8 instead of ascii. This allows for just
-about any language to be used in-game.
-
-It is not advisable to change the value set below, as
-there will be a lot of encoding errors that result in
-server crashes.
-"""
-import sys
-sys.setdefaultencoding('utf-8')