diff --git a/INSTALL.rst b/INSTALL.rst
index 97b2da4..c8f6ae8 100644
--- a/INSTALL.rst
+++ b/INSTALL.rst
@@ -104,14 +104,12 @@ Install required dependencies:
 
 ::
 
-    $ pip install --pre e4u protobuf python-dateutil yowsup2
+    $ pip install --pre protobuf python-dateutil yowsup2
 
--  e4u_: is a simple emoji4unicode python bindings
 -  yowsup_: is a python library that enables you build application
    which use WhatsApp service.
 
 .. _Spectrum 2: http://www.spectrum.im
-.. _Yowsup 2: https://github.com/tgalal/yowsup
+.. _Yowsup 3: https://github.com/tgalal/yowsup
 .. _Github: https://github.com/hanzz/libtransport
 .. _yowsup: https://github.com/tgalal/yowsup
-.. _e4u: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/e4u
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ee9e6ed..5180dc1 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ setup(name='transwhat',
     install_requires=[
         'protobuf',
         'yowsup',
-        'e4u',
         'Pillow',
         'python-dateutil'
     ],
diff --git a/transWhat/buddy.py b/transWhat/buddy.py
index c232d09..dc75841 100644
--- a/transWhat/buddy.py
+++ b/transWhat/buddy.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class BuddyList(dict):
 			if status is None:
 				buddy.statusMsg = ""
 			else:
-				buddy.statusMsg = utils.softToUni(status)
+				buddy.statusMsg = status
 			self.updateSpectrum(buddy)
 
 	def load(self, buddies):
diff --git a/transWhat/session.py b/transWhat/session.py
index 9678f56..0424549 100644
--- a/transWhat/session.py
+++ b/transWhat/session.py
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ class Session(YowsupApp):
 			if room not in self.groups:
 				owner = group.getOwner().split('@')[0]
 				subjectOwner = group.getSubjectOwner().split('@')[0]
-				subject = utils.softToUni(group.getSubject())
+				subject = group.getSubject()
 				self.groups[room] = Group(room, owner, subject, subjectOwner,
 							  self.backend, self.user)
 			# add/update room participants
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ class Session(YowsupApp):
 	def onTextMessage(self, _id, _from, to, notify, timestamp, participant,
 					  offline, retry, body):
 		buddy = _from.split('@')[0]
-		messageContent = utils.softToUni(body)
+		messageContent = body
 		self.sendReceipt(_id, _from, None, participant)
 		self.recvMsgIDs.append((_id, _from, participant, timestamp))
 		self.logger.info("Message received from %s to %s: %s (at ts=%s)" %
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ class Session(YowsupApp):
 		room = group.getGroupId()
 		owner = group.getCreatorJid(full = False)
 		subjectOwner = group.getSubjectOwnerJid(full = False)
-		subject = utils.softToUni(group.getSubject())
+		subject = group.getSubject()
 
 		self.groups[room] = Group(room, owner, subject, subjectOwner, self.backend, self.user)
 		self.groups[room].addParticipants(group.getParticipants(), self.buddies, self.legacyName)
diff --git a/transWhat/transwhat.py b/transWhat/transwhat.py
index 27fff6e..8ec0e60 100755
--- a/transWhat/transwhat.py
+++ b/transWhat/transwhat.py
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import traceback
 import logging
 import asyncore
 import sys, os
-import e4u
 import Queue
 import transWhat.threadutils
 
@@ -79,8 +78,6 @@ def handleTransportData(data):
         logger = logging.getLogger('transwhat')
         logger.error(traceback.format_exc())
 
-e4u.load()
-
 closed = False
 def connectionClosed():
     global closed
diff --git a/transWhat/utils.py b/transWhat/utils.py
index 30606fd..a5cf08b 100644
--- a/transWhat/utils.py
+++ b/transWhat/utils.py
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ __email__ = "post@steffenvogel.de"
  along with transWhat. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 """
 
-import e4u
 import base64
 import hashlib
 
@@ -42,9 +41,6 @@ def ago(secs):
 
 	return "%d %s ago" % (diff, period)
 
-def softToUni(message):
-	return e4u.translate(message.encode("utf-8"), reverse=False, **e4u.SOFTBANK_TRANSLATE_PROFILE)
-
 def decodePassword(password):
 	return base64.b64decode(bytes(password))