diff --git a/src/click/termui.py b/src/click/termui.py
index cb0703fd6..0c41743db 100644
--- a/src/click/termui.py
+++ b/src/click/termui.py
@@ -297,7 +297,6 @@ def echo_via_pager(text_or_generator, color=None):
 
     with get_pager_file(color=color) as pager:
         for text in itertools.chain(text_generator, "\n"):
-            # pager.write(text.encode('utf-8'))
             pager.write(text)