[cleanup] Remove unused code paths (#2173)

[yt-dlp.git] / yt_dlp / YoutubeDL.py

diff --git a/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py b/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
index fef05d517cebdfb1f797f0a3d37d91804c7374b4..c626ea3fd1f7c97bbcd5819e52431c291e16c252 100644 (file)
--- a/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -1008,12 +1008,6 @@ def get_output_path(self, dir_type='', filename=None):
             expand_path(paths.get('home', '').strip()),
             expand_path(paths.get(dir_type, '').strip()) if dir_type else '',
             filename or '')
-
-        # Temporary fix for #4787
-        # 'Treat' all problem characters by passing filename through preferredencoding
-        # to workaround encoding issues with subprocess on python2 @ Windows
-        if sys.version_info < (3, 0) and sys.platform == 'win32':
-            path = encodeFilename(path, True).decode(preferredencoding())
         return sanitize_path(path, force=self.params.get('windowsfilenames'))
 
     @staticmethod