diff --git a/tests/robottelo/test_cli.py b/tests/robottelo/test_cli.py
index a2568f5a584..e6d6de2dd7b 100644
--- a/tests/robottelo/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/robottelo/test_cli.py
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ def test_execute_with_raw_response(self, settings, command):
         response = Base.execute('some_cmd', return_raw_response=True)
         ssh_cmd = 'LANG=en_US  hammer -v -u admin -p password  some_cmd'
         command.assert_called_once_with(
-            ssh_cmd.encode('utf-8'),
+            ssh_cmd,
             hostname=mock.ANY,
             output_format=None,
             timeout=None,
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ def test_execute_with_performance(self, settings, command, handle_resp):
         response = Base.execute('some_cmd', hostname=None, output_format='json')
         ssh_cmd = 'LANG=en_US time -p hammer -v -u admin -p password --output=json some_cmd'
         command.assert_called_once_with(
-            ssh_cmd.encode('utf-8'),
+            ssh_cmd,
             hostname=mock.ANY,
             output_format='json',
             timeout=None,