diff --git a/kallithea/templates/email/button.txt b/kallithea/templates/email/button.txt
--- a/kallithea/templates/email/button.txt
+++ b/kallithea/templates/email/button.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 <%page args="url,title" />\
 
-${title|n,unicode}: ${url}
+${title|n}: ${url}
diff --git a/kallithea/templates/email/changeset_comment.txt b/kallithea/templates/email/changeset_comment.txt
--- a/kallithea/templates/email/changeset_comment.txt
+++ b/kallithea/templates/email/changeset_comment.txt
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
 
 <%include file="comment.txt" args="text=body,author=cs_comment_user,status=status_change"/>\
 
-${_('Changeset on')|n,unicode} \
-${cs_target_repo|n,unicode} \
-${_('branch')|n,unicode} \
-${branch|n,unicode}:
-"${webutils.shorter(message, 60, firstline=True)|n,unicode}" \
-${_('by')|n,unicode} \
-${cs_author.full_name_and_username|n,unicode}.
+${_('Changeset on')|n} \
+${cs_target_repo|n} \
+${_('branch')|n} \
+${branch|n}:
+"${webutils.shorter(message, 60, firstline=True)|n}" \
+${_('by')|n} \
+${cs_author.full_name_and_username|n}.
 
 <% title = _('View Comment') %>\
 <%include file="button.txt" args="url=cs_comment_url,title=title"/>\
diff --git a/kallithea/templates/email/comment.txt b/kallithea/templates/email/comment.txt
--- a/kallithea/templates/email/comment.txt
+++ b/kallithea/templates/email/comment.txt
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 <%page args="author,text,status,close=False" />\
-${author|n,unicode}:
+${author|n}:
 
 %if status:
-${_('Status change:')|n,unicode} \
-${status|n,unicode}
+${_('Status change:')|n} \
+${status|n}
 
 %endif
 %if close:
-${_('The pull request has been closed.')|n,unicode}
+${_('The pull request has been closed.')|n}
 
 %endif
-${text|n,unicode}
+${text|n}
 
 ## Trailing empty line
diff --git a/kallithea/templates/email/default.txt b/kallithea/templates/email/default.txt
--- a/kallithea/templates/email/default.txt
+++ b/kallithea/templates/email/default.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 <%block name="header">\
 </%block>\
 \
-${body|n,unicode}\
+${body|n}\
diff --git a/kallithea/templates/email/header.txt b/kallithea/templates/email/header.txt
--- a/kallithea/templates/email/header.txt
+++ b/kallithea/templates/email/header.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 ${link}
 
 %endif
-${title|n,unicode}
+${title|n}
 
 ## Trailing empty line
diff --git a/kallithea/templates/email/password_reset.txt b/kallithea/templates/email/password_reset.txt
--- a/kallithea/templates/email/password_reset.txt
+++ b/kallithea/templates/email/password_reset.txt
@@ -3,19 +3,19 @@
 <%include file="header.txt" args="title=title,link=None"/>\
 </%block>\
 \
-${_('Hello %s') % user|n,unicode},
+${_('Hello %s') % user|n},
 
-${_('We have received a request to reset the password for your account.')|n,unicode}
+${_('We have received a request to reset the password for your account.')|n}
 
 %if reset_token is None:
-${_('This account is however managed outside this system and the password cannot be changed here.')|n,unicode}
+${_('This account is however managed outside this system and the password cannot be changed here.')|n}
 %else:
-${_('To set a new password, click the following link')|n,unicode}:
+${_('To set a new password, click the following link')|n}:
 
-${reset_url|n,unicode}
+${reset_url|n}
 
-${_("Should you not be able to use the link above, please type the following code into the password reset form")|n,unicode}:
-${reset_token|n,unicode}
+${_("Should you not be able to use the link above, please type the following code into the password reset form")|n}:
+${reset_token|n}
 %endif
 
-${_("If it weren't you who requested the password reset, just disregard this message.")|n,unicode}
+${_("If it weren't you who requested the password reset, just disregard this message.")|n}
diff --git a/kallithea/templates/email/pull_request.txt b/kallithea/templates/email/pull_request.txt
--- a/kallithea/templates/email/pull_request.txt
+++ b/kallithea/templates/email/pull_request.txt
@@ -3,30 +3,30 @@
 <%include file="header.txt" args="title=title,link=pr_url"/>\
 </%block>\
 
-${_('Pull request')|n,unicode} \
-${pr_nice_id|n,unicode} \
-"${pr_title|n,unicode}" \
-${_('by')|n,unicode} \
-${pr_owner.full_name_and_username|n,unicode}
+${_('Pull request')|n} \
+${pr_nice_id|n} \
+"${pr_title|n}" \
+${_('by')|n} \
+${pr_owner.full_name_and_username|n}
 ${_('from')} \
-${pr_source_repo|n,unicode} \
-${_('branch')|n,unicode} \
-${pr_source_branch|n,unicode}
-${_('to')|n,unicode} \
-${pr_target_repo|n,unicode} \
-${_('branch')|n,unicode} \
-${pr_target_branch|n,unicode}
+${pr_source_repo|n} \
+${_('branch')|n} \
+${pr_source_branch|n}
+${_('to')|n} \
+${pr_target_repo|n} \
+${_('branch')|n} \
+${pr_target_branch|n}
 
 
-${_('Description')|n,unicode}:
+${_('Description')|n}:
 
-${body|n,unicode}
+${body|n}
 
 
-${_('Changesets')|n,unicode}:
+${_('Changesets')|n}:
 
 %for revision, desc in pr_revisions:
-${webutils.shorter(desc, 80, firstline=True)|n,unicode}
+${webutils.shorter(desc, 80, firstline=True)|n}
 %endfor
 
 <% title = _('View Pull Request') %>\
diff --git a/kallithea/templates/email/pull_request_comment.txt b/kallithea/templates/email/pull_request_comment.txt
--- a/kallithea/templates/email/pull_request_comment.txt
+++ b/kallithea/templates/email/pull_request_comment.txt
@@ -5,19 +5,19 @@
 
 <%include file="comment.txt" args="text=body,author=pr_comment_user,status=status_change,close=closing_pr"/>\
 
-${_('Pull request')|n,unicode} \
-${pr_nice_id|n,unicode} \
-"${pr_title|n,unicode}" \
-${_('by')|n,unicode} \
-${pr_owner.full_name_and_username|n,unicode}
+${_('Pull request')|n} \
+${pr_nice_id|n} \
+"${pr_title|n}" \
+${_('by')|n} \
+${pr_owner.full_name_and_username|n}
 ${_('from')} \
-${pr_source_repo|n,unicode} \
-${_('branch')|n,unicode} \
-${pr_source_branch|n,unicode}
-${_('to')|n,unicode} \
-${pr_target_repo|n,unicode} \
-${_('branch')|n,unicode} \
-${pr_target_branch|n,unicode}
+${pr_source_repo|n} \
+${_('branch')|n} \
+${pr_source_branch|n}
+${_('to')|n} \
+${pr_target_repo|n} \
+${_('branch')|n} \
+${pr_target_branch|n}
 
 <% title = _('View Comment') %>\
 <%include file="button.txt" args="url=pr_comment_url,title=title"/>\
diff --git a/kallithea/templates/email/registration.txt b/kallithea/templates/email/registration.txt
--- a/kallithea/templates/email/registration.txt
+++ b/kallithea/templates/email/registration.txt
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 <%include file="header.txt" args="title=title,link=registered_user_url"/>\
 </%block>\
 
-${_('Username')|n,unicode}: ${new_username|n,unicode}
+${_('Username')|n}: ${new_username|n}
 
-${_('Full Name')|n,unicode}: ${new_full_name|n,unicode}
+${_('Full Name')|n}: ${new_full_name|n}
 
-${_('Email')|n,unicode}: ${new_email|n,unicode}
+${_('Email')|n}: ${new_email|n}
 
 <% title = _('View User Profile') %>\
 <%include file="button.txt" args="url=registered_user_url,title=title"/>\