X-Git-Url: https://projects.mako.cc/source/twitter-api-cdsw-solutions/blobdiff_plain/b5d973d7a0a14eca21b2981ffacf4fb9ea77ba41..2ada46e15dd4a24ed4565acc7961417798d27491:/tweepy/models.py

diff --git a/tweepy/models.py b/tweepy/models.py
index 09ed3eb..30456b2 100644
--- a/tweepy/models.py
+++ b/tweepy/models.py
@@ -75,11 +75,6 @@ class Status(Model):
     @classmethod
     def parse(cls, api, json):
         status = cls(api)
-
-        # I'm not proud. Blame billg.
-        json['text'] = str(json['text'].encode('ascii', 'ignore'))[2:-1]
-        json['user']['screen_name'] = str(json['user']['screen_name'].encode('ascii', 'ignore'))[2:-1]
-
         setattr(status, '_json', json)
         for k, v in json.items():
             if k == 'user':