diff --git a/erpnext/accounts/doctype/payment_request/payment_request.py b/erpnext/accounts/doctype/payment_request/payment_request.py
index c875a7beb388..27e8f65eda12 100644
--- a/erpnext/accounts/doctype/payment_request/payment_request.py
+++ b/erpnext/accounts/doctype/payment_request/payment_request.py
@@ -289,12 +289,12 @@ def get_payment_url(self):
 		return controller.get_payment_url(
 			**{
 				"amount": flt(self.grand_total, self.precision("grand_total")),
-				"title": data.company.encode("utf-8"),
-				"description": self.subject.encode("utf-8"),
+				"title": data.company,
+				"description": self.subject,
 				"reference_doctype": "Payment Request",
 				"reference_docname": self.name,
 				"payer_email": self.email_to or frappe.session.user,
-				"payer_name": frappe.safe_encode(data.customer_name),
+				"payer_name": data.customer_name,
 				"order_id": self.name,
 				"currency": self.currency,
 			}