diff --git a/tests/test_jsonyamlxml_parser.py b/tests/test_jsonyamlxml_parser.py
index f65e01e64..dfac6d195 100644
--- a/tests/test_jsonyamlxml_parser.py
+++ b/tests/test_jsonyamlxml_parser.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def check_document(self, document, expected_loc, regen=False):
                 o.write(json.dumps(result, indent=2))
 
         with io.open(expected_loc, encoding='utf-8') as ex:
-            expected = json.load(ex, encoding='utf-8', object_pairs_hook=OrderedDict)
+            expected = json.load(ex, object_pairs_hook=OrderedDict)
 
         self.assertEqual(expected, result)