diff --git a/artella/core/client.py b/artella/core/client.py
index 5c29222..c7e4bc3 100644
--- a/artella/core/client.py
+++ b/artella/core/client.py
@@ -726,10 +726,6 @@ def status(self, file_paths, include_remote=False):
         file_paths = [utils.clean_path(file_path) for file_path in file_paths]
 
         for file_path in file_paths:
-            try:
-                file_path = file_path.decode('utf-8')
-            except UnicodeDecodeError:
-                file_path = file_path.decode('latin-1')
             uri_path = path_to_uri(file_path) if not is_uri_path(file_path) else file_path
             uri_parts = urlparse(uri_path)
             uri_handle = utils.clean_path(uri_parts.path)