diff -Nru PackageKit-0.6.21.orig/lib/python/packagekit/backend.py PackageKit-0.6.21/lib/python/packagekit/backend.py
--- PackageKit-0.6.21.orig/lib/python/packagekit/backend.py	2011-12-05 11:02:02.000000000 +0100
+++ PackageKit-0.6.21/lib/python/packagekit/backend.py	2011-12-12 20:05:54.663934072 +0100
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@
 
     def __init__(self, cmds):
         # Make sys.stdout/stderr cope with UTF-8
-        sys.stdout = _UTF8Writer(sys.stdout)
-        sys.stderr = _UTF8Writer(sys.stderr)
+        #sys.stdout = _UTF8Writer(sys.stdout)
+        #sys.stderr = _UTF8Writer(sys.stderr)
 
         # Setup a custom exception handler
         installExceptionHandler(self)