diff --git a/frappe/__init__.py b/frappe/__init__.py
index 5680ba86b5..2436692c81 100644
--- a/frappe/__init__.py
+++ b/frappe/__init__.py
@@ -10,11 +10,10 @@ be used to build database driven apps.
 
 Read the documentation: https://frappeframework.com/docs
 """
-from __future__ import unicode_literals, print_function
 
-from six import iteritems, binary_type, text_type, string_types, PY2
+from six import iteritems, binary_type, text_type, string_types
 from werkzeug.local import Local, release_local
-import os, sys, importlib, inspect, json
+import os, sys, importlib, inspect, json, warnings
 import typing
 from past.builtins import cmp
 import click
@@ -27,19 +26,14 @@ from .utils.lazy_loader import lazy_import
 # Lazy imports
 faker = lazy_import('faker')
 
-
-# Harmless for Python 3
-# For Python 2 set default encoding to utf-8
-if PY2:
-	reload(sys)
-	sys.setdefaultencoding("utf-8")
-
 __version__ = '14.0.0-dev'
 
 __title__ = "Frappe Framework"
 
 local = Local()
 controllers = {}
+warnings.simplefilter('always', DeprecationWarning)
+warnings.simplefilter('always', PendingDeprecationWarning)
 
 class _dict(dict):
 	"""dict like object that exposes keys as attributes"""
diff --git a/frappe/commands/utils.py b/frappe/commands/utils.py
index ecdc5d21ba..b917126696 100644
--- a/frappe/commands/utils.py
+++ b/frappe/commands/utils.py
@@ -691,12 +691,18 @@ def make_app(destination, app_name):
 @click.argument('key')
 @click.argument('value')
 @click.option('-g', '--global', 'global_', is_flag=True, default=False, help='Set value in bench config')
-@click.option('-p', '--parse', '--as-dict', is_flag=True, default=False, help='Evaluate as Python Object')
+@click.option('-p', '--parse', is_flag=True, default=False, help='Evaluate as Python Object')
+@click.option('--as-dict', is_flag=True, default=False, help='Legacy: Evaluate as Python Object')
 @pass_context
-def set_config(context, key, value, global_=False, parse=False):
+def set_config(context, key, value, global_=False, parse=False, as_dict=False):
 	"Insert/Update a value in site_config.json"
 	from frappe.installer import update_site_config
 
+	if as_dict:
+		from frappe.utils.commands import warn
+		warn("--as-dict will be deprecated in v14. Use --parse instead", category=PendingDeprecationWarning)
+		parse = as_dict
+
 	if parse:
 		import ast
 		value = ast.literal_eval(value)
diff --git a/frappe/tests/test_commands.py b/frappe/tests/test_commands.py
index cfd428fb77..9ed8ecb054 100644
--- a/frappe/tests/test_commands.py
+++ b/frappe/tests/test_commands.py
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ class TestCommands(BaseTestCommands):
 
 		# test 7: take a backup with frappe.conf.backup.includes
 		self.execute(
-			"bench --site {site} set-config backup '{includes}' --as-dict",
+			"bench --site {site} set-config backup '{includes}' --parse",
 			{"includes": json.dumps(backup["includes"])},
 		)
 		self.execute("bench --site {site} backup --verbose")
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ class TestCommands(BaseTestCommands):
 
 		# test 8: take a backup with frappe.conf.backup.excludes
 		self.execute(
-			"bench --site {site} set-config backup '{excludes}' --as-dict",
+			"bench --site {site} set-config backup '{excludes}' --parse",
 			{"excludes": json.dumps(backup["excludes"])},
 		)
 		self.execute("bench --site {site} backup --verbose")
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ class TestCommands(BaseTestCommands):
 
 		# test 2: test keys in table text
 		self.execute(
-			"bench --site {site} set-config test_key '{second_order}' --as-dict",
+			"bench --site {site} set-config test_key '{second_order}' --parse",
 			{"second_order": json.dumps({"test_key": "test_value"})},
 		)
 		self.execute("bench --site {site} show-config")
diff --git a/frappe/utils/commands.py b/frappe/utils/commands.py
index 113014c135..3cf0d553b6 100644
--- a/frappe/utils/commands.py
+++ b/frappe/utils/commands.py
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 import functools
-import requests
-from terminaltables import AsciiTable
-
 
 @functools.lru_cache(maxsize=1024)
 def get_first_party_apps():
 	"""Get list of all apps under orgs: frappe. erpnext from GitHub"""
+	import requests
+
 	apps = []
 	for org in ["frappe", "erpnext"]:
 		req = requests.get(f"https://api.github.com/users/{org}/repos", {"type": "sources", "per_page": 200})
@@ -15,6 +14,8 @@ def get_first_party_apps():
 
 
 def render_table(data):
+	from terminaltables import AsciiTable
+
 	print(AsciiTable(data).table)
 
 
@@ -49,3 +50,9 @@ def log(message, colour=''):
 	colour = colours.get(colour, "")
 	end_line = '\033[0m'
 	print(colour + message + end_line)
+
+
+def warn(message, category=None):
+	from warnings import warn
+
+	warn(message=message, category=category, stacklevel=2)