[cleanup] Minor fixes (See desc)

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

diff --git a/yt_dlp/update.py b/yt_dlp/update.py
index eea08ce43e8ce03b48cf953b80ae7e04a7dee6c7..8dcf260f5c6f65c231f35f4d5882a85de647fb7e 100644 (file)
--- a/yt_dlp/update.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/update.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def calc_sha256sum(path):
 
     # Download and check versions info
     try:
-        version_info = ydl._opener.open(JSON_URL).read().decode('utf-8')
+        version_info = ydl._opener.open(JSON_URL).read().decode()
         version_info = json.loads(version_info)
     except Exception:
         return report_network_error('obtain version info', delim='; Please try again later or')
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ def get_sha256sum(bin_or_exe, version):
             {}).get('browser_download_url')
         if not urlh:
             return None
-        hash_data = ydl._opener.open(urlh).read().decode('utf-8')
+        hash_data = ydl._opener.open(urlh).read().decode()
         return dict(ln.split()[::-1] for ln in hash_data.splitlines()).get(filename)
 
     if not os.access(filename, os.W_OK):