diff --git a/bt5/erp5_knowledge_pad/SkinTemplateItem/portal_skins/erp5_gadget/ERP5Site_viewRssGadget/listbox.xml b/bt5/erp5_knowledge_pad/SkinTemplateItem/portal_skins/erp5_gadget/ERP5Site_viewRssGadget/listbox.xml
index 9f3f4043f2e4372e43110594d45faa63bf7cdecf..18aba2ac8ffd0fce19e20b8a0cff4d57dcdd0b9d 100644
--- a/bt5/erp5_knowledge_pad/SkinTemplateItem/portal_skins/erp5_gadget/ERP5Site_viewRssGadget/listbox.xml
+++ b/bt5/erp5_knowledge_pad/SkinTemplateItem/portal_skins/erp5_gadget/ERP5Site_viewRssGadget/listbox.xml
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@
       <dictionary>
         <item>
             <key> <string>_text</string> </key>
-            <value> <string>python: (request.get(\'rss_link\') or \'\').encode(\'utf-8\')</string> </value>
+            <value> <string>python: (request.get(\'rss_link\') or \'\')</string> </value>
         </item>
       </dictionary>
     </pickle>
diff --git a/bt5/erp5_knowledge_pad/SkinTemplateItem/portal_skins/erp5_gadget/ERP5Site_viewRssGadgetAsJSON.py b/bt5/erp5_knowledge_pad/SkinTemplateItem/portal_skins/erp5_gadget/ERP5Site_viewRssGadgetAsJSON.py
index b77212e59d114593bc966b4a7f827b662cabd62a..d03afcf7e38dd6ad15a50ac67be19b7816c9b9ed 100644
--- a/bt5/erp5_knowledge_pad/SkinTemplateItem/portal_skins/erp5_gadget/ERP5Site_viewRssGadgetAsJSON.py
+++ b/bt5/erp5_knowledge_pad/SkinTemplateItem/portal_skins/erp5_gadget/ERP5Site_viewRssGadgetAsJSON.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ gadget_title_dom_id = '%s_gadget_title' %box_dom_id
 
 # return some JavaScript which will update respective page
 gadget_title = request.get('rss_gadget_title', box.getSpecialiseValue().getTitle())
-gadget_title = unicode(gadget_title).encode('utf-8')[:40]
+gadget_title = gadget_title[:40]
 javascript = '$("#%s").html("%s");' %(gadget_title_dom_id, gadget_title)
 
 request.RESPONSE.setHeader("Content-Type", "application/json;; charset=utf-8")