diff --git a/sickbeard/webapi.py b/sickbeard/webapi.py
index a6027a4a61dc17e011ba92a9170f5cce8c9d6fdc..086520f44377974d7cd093cd467f3d71e56ec988 100644
--- a/sickbeard/webapi.py
+++ b/sickbeard/webapi.py
@@ -1356,7 +1356,6 @@ class CMD_Logs(ApiCall):
 
         for x in reversed(data):
 
-            x = x.decode('utf-8')
             match = re.match(regex, x)
 
             if match: