diff --git a/sat/core/log_config.py b/sat/core/log_config.py
index 7318be4e..ef64604b 100644
--- a/sat/core/log_config.py
+++ b/sat/core/log_config.py
@@ -333,7 +333,6 @@ class ConfigureStandard(ConfigureBasic):
     def configureFormat(self, fmt):
         super(ConfigureStandard, self).configureFormat(fmt)
         import logging
-        import sys
 
         class SatFormatter(logging.Formatter):
             """Formatter which manage SàT specificities"""
@@ -359,12 +358,7 @@ class ConfigureStandard(ConfigureBasic):
                 s = super(SatFormatter, self).format(record)
                 if do_color:
                     s = ConfigureStandard.ansiColors(record.levelname, s)
-                if sys.platform == "android":
-                    # FIXME: dirty hack to workaround android encoding issue on log
-                    #        need to be fixed properly
-                    return s.encode("ascii", "ignore")
-                else:
-                    return s
+                return s
 
         self.formatterClass = SatFormatter