diff --git a/py/webnotes/utils/email_lib/send.py b/py/webnotes/utils/email_lib/send.py
index 382d74af74..819ce313d1 100644
--- a/py/webnotes/utils/email_lib/send.py
+++ b/py/webnotes/utils/email_lib/send.py
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ class EMail:
 			Attach message in the text portion of multipart/alternative
 		"""
 		from email.mime.text import MIMEText
-		if type(message) is not unicode:
-			message = unicode(message, 'utf-8')
+		#if type(message) is not unicode:
+		#	message = unicode(message, 'utf-8')
 		part = MIMEText(message.encode('utf-8'), 'plain', 'UTF-8')		
 		self.msg_multipart.attach(part)
 		
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ class EMail:
 			Attach message in the html portion of multipart/alternative
 		"""
 		from email.mime.text import MIMEText		
-		if type(message) is not unicode:
-			message = unicode(message, 'utf-8')
+		#if type(message) is not unicode:
+		#	message = unicode(message, 'utf-8')
 		part = MIMEText(message.encode('utf-8'), 'html')
 		self.msg_multipart.attach(part)