diff --git a/src/utils/utils.py b/src/utils/utils.py
index c18f99d575..0591eeb300 100644
--- a/src/utils/utils.py
+++ b/src/utils/utils.py
@@ -1097,7 +1097,7 @@ class lazy_property(object):
         return value
 
 _STRIP_ANSI = None
-_RE_CONTROL_CHAR = re.compile('[%s]' % re.escape(''.join([unichr(c) for c in range(0,32) + range(127,160)])))
+_RE_CONTROL_CHAR = re.compile('[%s]' % re.escape(''.join([unichr(c) for c in range(0,32)])))# + range(127,160)])))
 def escape_control_sequences(string):
     """
     remove non-print text sequences from string.