diff --git a/client/ayon_core/lib/log.py b/client/ayon_core/lib/log.py
index 36c39f9d84..1ed16b36ff 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/lib/log.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/lib/log.py
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ import copy
 
 from . import Terminal
 
-# Check for `unicode` in builtins
-USE_UNICODE = hasattr(__builtins__, "unicode")
-
 
 class LogStreamHandler(logging.StreamHandler):
-    """ StreamHandler class designed to handle utf errors in python 2.x hosts.
+    """StreamHandler class.
+
+    This was originally designed to handle UTF errors in python 2.x hosts,
+    however currently solely remains for backwards compatibility.
 
     """
 
@@ -47,27 +47,7 @@ class LogStreamHandler(logging.StreamHandler):
             stream = self.stream
             if stream is None:
                 return
-            fs = "%s\n"
-            # if no unicode support...
-            if not USE_UNICODE:
-                stream.write(fs % msg)
-            else:
-                try:
-                    if (isinstance(msg, unicode) and  # noqa: F821
-                            getattr(stream, 'encoding', None)):
-                        ufs = u'%s\n'
-                        try:
-                            stream.write(ufs % msg)
-                        except UnicodeEncodeError:
-                            stream.write((ufs % msg).encode(stream.encoding))
-                    else:
-                        if (getattr(stream, 'encoding', 'utf-8')):
-                            ufs = u'%s\n'
-                            stream.write(ufs % unicode(msg))  # noqa: F821
-                        else:
-                            stream.write(fs % msg)
-                except UnicodeError:
-                    stream.write(fs % msg.encode("UTF-8"))
+            stream.write(f"{msg}\n")
             self.flush()
         except (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit):
             raise