diff --git conda-4.4.9/conda/activate.py~ conda-4.4.9/conda/activate.py
index cd4174f6d1..a0c7026614 100644
--- conda-4.4.9/conda/activate.py~
+++ conda-4.4.9/conda/activate.py
@@ -43,11 +43,7 @@ class Activator(object):
         self.shell = shell
         self._raw_arguments = arguments
 
-        if PY2:
-            self.environ = {ensure_fs_path_encoding(k): ensure_fs_path_encoding(v)
-                            for k, v in iteritems(os.environ)}
-        else:
-            self.environ = os.environ.copy()
+        self.environ = os.environ.copy()
 
         if shell == 'posix':
             self.pathsep_join = ':'.join