diff --git a/raet/lane/paging.py b/raet/lane/paging.py
index 5a2f480..32c8f95 100644
--- a/raet/lane/paging.py
+++ b/raet/lane/paging.py
@@ -162,8 +162,7 @@ class TxBody(Body):
                 if not msgpack:
                     emsg = "Msgpack not installed."
                     raise raeting.PacketError(emsg)
-                self.packed = msgpack.dumps(self.data,
-                                            encoding='utf-8')
+                self.packed = msgpack.dumps(self.data)
         else:
             emsg = "Unrecognized message pack kind '{0}'\n".format(pk)
             console.terse(emsg)