diff --git a/src/daemon/daemon.cpp b/src/daemon/daemon.cpp
index a9ab511d..f41affd6 100644
--- a/src/daemon/daemon.cpp
+++ b/src/daemon/daemon.cpp
@@ -122,21 +122,6 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
   // setup custom terminate functions
   std::set_terminate(&terminate_handler_func);
 
-  ////
-  
-  std::string utf8_str = "\xd0\x92\xd0\xb0\xd1\x81\xd0\xb8\xd1\x81\xd1\x83\xd0\xb0\xd0\xbb\xd0\xb8\xd1\x9d";
-
-  boost::system::error_code ec;
-
-  boost::filesystem::create_directory(boost::filesystem::path(epee::string_encoding::utf8_to_wstring(std::string("utf8_to_wstring_") + utf8_str)), ec);
-  std::cout << "utf8_to_wstring: ec = " << ec << std::endl;
-
-  boost::filesystem::create_directory(boost::filesystem::path(std::string("utf8_") + utf8_str), ec);
-  std::cout << "utf8: ec = " << ec << std::endl;
-
-  return 0;
-  
-  ////
   po::options_description desc_cmd_only("Command line options");
   po::options_description desc_cmd_sett("Command line options and settings options", 130, 83);