diff --git a/openslides/motion/models.py b/openslides/motion/models.py
index 1c14a35cb..010b1a855 100644
--- a/openslides/motion/models.py
+++ b/openslides/motion/models.py
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ from django.utils import formats
 from django.utils.translation import pgettext
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy, ugettext_noop, ugettext as _
 
-from openslides.utils.utils import _propper_unicode
 from openslides.utils.person import PersonField
 from openslides.config.models import config
 from openslides.config.signals import default_config_value
diff --git a/openslides/participant/views.py b/openslides/participant/views.py
index 0b63db3a0..b3c890ef9 100644
--- a/openslides/participant/views.py
+++ b/openslides/participant/views.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _, ugettext_lazy, activate
 from openslides.utils.pdf import stylesheet
 from openslides.utils.template import Tab
 from openslides.utils.utils import (
-    template, decodedict, encodedict, delete_default_permissions, html_strong)
+    template, delete_default_permissions, html_strong)
 from openslides.utils.views import (
     FormView, PDFView, CreateView, UpdateView, DeleteView, PermissionMixin,
     RedirectView, SingleObjectMixin, ListView, QuestionMixin, DetailView)
diff --git a/openslides/utils/utils.py b/openslides/utils/utils.py
index d2ab19fca..1ddb5c751 100644
--- a/openslides/utils/utils.py
+++ b/openslides/utils/utils.py
@@ -131,26 +131,5 @@ def ajax_request(data):
     return HttpResponse(json.dumps(data))
 
 
-def _propper_unicode(text):
-    if not isinstance(text, unicode):
-        return u"%s" % text.decode('UTF-8')
-    else:
-        return text
-
-
-def decodedict(dict):
-    newdict = {}
-    for key in dict:
-        newdict[key] = [dict[key][0].encode('utf-8')]
-    return newdict
-
-
-def encodedict(dict):
-    newdict = {}
-    for key in dict:
-        newdict[key] = [unicode(dict[key][0].decode('utf-8'))]
-    return newdict
-
-
 def html_strong(string):
     return u"<strong>%s</strong>" % string