diff --git a/parso/_compatibility.py b/parso/_compatibility.py
index f1f0b0f..0f1c85b 100644
--- a/parso/_compatibility.py
+++ b/parso/_compatibility.py
@@ -44,24 +44,6 @@ def u(string):
     return string
 
 
-def utf8_repr(func):
-    """
-    ``__repr__`` methods in Python 2 don't allow unicode objects to be
-    returned. Therefore cast them to utf-8 bytes in this decorator.
-    """
-    def wrapper(self):
-        result = func(self)
-        if isinstance(result, unicode):
-            return result.encode('utf-8')
-        else:
-            return result
-
-    if sys.version_info.major >= 3:
-        return func
-    else:
-        return wrapper
-
-
 if sys.version_info < (3, 5):
     """
     A super-minimal shim around listdir that behave like
diff --git a/parso/python/tree.py b/parso/python/tree.py
index 42fb9be..00b3a12 100644
--- a/parso/python/tree.py
+++ b/parso/python/tree.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     from collections import Mapping
 
-from parso._compatibility import utf8_repr, unicode
+from parso._compatibility import unicode
 from parso.tree import Node, BaseNode, Leaf, ErrorNode, ErrorLeaf, \
     search_ancestor
 from parso.python.prefix import split_prefix
@@ -175,7 +175,6 @@ class EndMarker(_LeafWithoutNewlines):
     __slots__ = ()
     type = 'endmarker'
 
-    @utf8_repr
     def __repr__(self):
         return "<%s: prefix=%s end_pos=%s>" % (
             type(self).__name__, repr(self.prefix), self.end_pos
@@ -187,7 +186,6 @@ class Newline(PythonLeaf):
     __slots__ = ()
     type = 'newline'
 
-    @utf8_repr
     def __repr__(self):
         return "<%s: %s>" % (type(self).__name__, repr(self.value))
 
diff --git a/parso/tree.py b/parso/tree.py
index b115197..c1bf759 100644
--- a/parso/tree.py
+++ b/parso/tree.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import sys
 from abc import abstractmethod, abstractproperty
 
-from parso._compatibility import utf8_repr, encoding
+from parso._compatibility import encoding
 from parso.utils import split_lines
 
 
@@ -238,7 +238,6 @@ class Leaf(NodeOrLeaf):
             end_pos_column = len(lines[-1])
         return end_pos_line, end_pos_column
 
-    @utf8_repr
     def __repr__(self):
         value = self.value
         if not value:
@@ -333,7 +332,6 @@ class BaseNode(NodeOrLeaf):
     def get_last_leaf(self):
         return self.children[-1].get_last_leaf()
 
-    @utf8_repr
     def __repr__(self):
         code = self.get_code().replace('\n', ' ').replace('\r', ' ').strip()
         if not sys.version_info.major >= 3: