diff --git a/pipenv/_compat.py b/pipenv/_compat.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 610d886947..0000000000
--- a/pipenv/_compat.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,132 +0,0 @@
-"""A compatibility module for pipenv's backports and manipulations.
-
-Exposes a standard API that enables compatibility across python versions,
-operating systems, etc.
-"""
-import sys
-import warnings
-
-from pipenv.vendor import vistir
-
-warnings.filterwarnings("ignore", category=ResourceWarning)
-
-
-__all__ = [
-    "getpreferredencoding",
-    "DEFAULT_ENCODING",
-    "canonical_encoding_name",
-    "force_encoding",
-    "UNICODE_TO_ASCII_TRANSLATION_MAP",
-    "decode_output",
-    "fix_utf8",
-]
-
-
-def getpreferredencoding():
-    import locale
-
-    # Borrowed from Invoke
-    # (see https://github.com/pyinvoke/invoke/blob/93af29d/invoke/runners.py#L881)
-    return locale.getpreferredencoding(False)
-
-
-DEFAULT_ENCODING = getpreferredencoding()
-
-
-def canonical_encoding_name(name):
-    import codecs
-
-    try:
-        codec = codecs.lookup(name)
-    except LookupError:
-        return name
-    else:
-        return codec.name
-
-
-# From https://github.com/CarlFK/veyepar/blob/5c5de47/dj/scripts/fixunicode.py
-# MIT LIcensed, thanks Carl!
-def force_encoding():
-    try:
-        stdout_isatty = sys.stdout.isatty
-        stderr_isatty = sys.stderr.isatty
-    except AttributeError:
-        return DEFAULT_ENCODING, DEFAULT_ENCODING
-    else:
-        if not (stdout_isatty() and stderr_isatty()):
-            return DEFAULT_ENCODING, DEFAULT_ENCODING
-    stdout_encoding = canonical_encoding_name(sys.stdout.encoding)
-    stderr_encoding = canonical_encoding_name(sys.stderr.encoding)
-    if sys.platform == "win32":
-        return DEFAULT_ENCODING, DEFAULT_ENCODING
-    if stdout_encoding != "utf-8" or stderr_encoding != "utf-8":
-
-        try:
-            from ctypes import c_char_p, py_object, pythonapi
-        except ImportError:
-            return DEFAULT_ENCODING, DEFAULT_ENCODING
-        try:
-            PyFile_SetEncoding = pythonapi.PyFile_SetEncoding
-        except AttributeError:
-            return DEFAULT_ENCODING, DEFAULT_ENCODING
-        else:
-            PyFile_SetEncoding.argtypes = (py_object, c_char_p)
-            if stdout_encoding != "utf-8":
-                try:
-                    was_set = PyFile_SetEncoding(sys.stdout, "utf-8")
-                except OSError:
-                    was_set = False
-                if not was_set:
-                    stdout_encoding = DEFAULT_ENCODING
-                else:
-                    stdout_encoding = "utf-8"
-
-            if stderr_encoding != "utf-8":
-                try:
-                    was_set = PyFile_SetEncoding(sys.stderr, "utf-8")
-                except OSError:
-                    was_set = False
-                if not was_set:
-                    stderr_encoding = DEFAULT_ENCODING
-                else:
-                    stderr_encoding = "utf-8"
-
-    return stdout_encoding, stderr_encoding
-
-
-OUT_ENCODING, ERR_ENCODING = force_encoding()
-
-
-UNICODE_TO_ASCII_TRANSLATION_MAP = {
-    8230: "...",
-    8211: "-",
-    10004: "OK",
-    10008: "x",
-}
-
-
-def decode_for_output(output, target=sys.stdout):
-    return vistir.misc.decode_for_output(
-        output, sys.stdout, translation_map=UNICODE_TO_ASCII_TRANSLATION_MAP
-    )
-
-
-def decode_output(output):
-    if not isinstance(output, str):
-        return output
-    try:
-        output = output.encode(DEFAULT_ENCODING)
-    except (AttributeError, UnicodeDecodeError, UnicodeEncodeError):
-        output = output.translate(UNICODE_TO_ASCII_TRANSLATION_MAP)
-        output = output.encode(DEFAULT_ENCODING, "replace")
-    return vistir.misc.to_text(output, encoding=DEFAULT_ENCODING, errors="replace")
-
-
-def fix_utf8(text):
-    if not isinstance(text, str):
-        return text
-    try:
-        text = decode_output(text)
-    except UnicodeDecodeError:
-        pass
-    return text
diff --git a/pipenv/cli/command.py b/pipenv/cli/command.py
index c7fdfc9a87..5eef271c7b 100644
--- a/pipenv/cli/command.py
+++ b/pipenv/cli/command.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 from pipenv import environments
 from pipenv.__version__ import __version__
-from pipenv._compat import fix_utf8
 from pipenv.cli.options import (
     CONTEXT_SETTINGS,
     PipenvGroup,
@@ -725,7 +724,7 @@ def scripts(state):
         "{0:<{width}}  {1}".format(name, script, width=first_column_width)
         for name, script in scripts.items()
     )
-    echo("\n".join(fix_utf8(line) for line in lines))
+    echo("\n".join(line for line in lines))
 
 
 @cli.command(
diff --git a/pipenv/core.py b/pipenv/core.py
index 36f4c6d5d9..d3b2882b6d 100644
--- a/pipenv/core.py
+++ b/pipenv/core.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Union
 
 from pipenv import environments, exceptions, pep508checker
-from pipenv._compat import fix_utf8
 from pipenv.patched.pip._internal.build_env import get_runnable_pip
 from pipenv.patched.pip._internal.exceptions import PipError
 from pipenv.patched.pip._internal.network.session import PipSession
@@ -102,7 +101,7 @@
 def do_clear(project):
     from pipenv.patched.pip._internal import locations
 
-    click.secho(fix_utf8("Clearing caches..."), bold=True)
+    click.secho("Clearing caches...", bold=True)
     try:
         shutil.rmtree(
             project.s.PIPENV_CACHE_DIR, onerror=vistir.path.handle_remove_readonly
@@ -274,12 +273,7 @@ def ensure_pipfile(project, validate=True, skip_requirements=False, system=False
                 )
             )
         else:
-            click.echo(
-                click.style(
-                    fix_utf8("Creating a Pipfile for this project..."), bold=True
-                ),
-                err=True,
-            )
+            click.secho("Creating a Pipfile for this project...", bold=True, err=True)
             # Create the pipfile if it doesn't exist.
             project.create_pipfile(python=python)
     # Validate the Pipfile's contents.
@@ -354,7 +348,7 @@ def abort(msg=""):
             "{}: Python {} {}".format(
                 click.style("Warning", fg="red", bold=True),
                 click.style(python, fg="cyan"),
-                fix_utf8("was not found on your system..."),
+                "was not found on your system...",
             ),
             err=True,
         )
@@ -414,7 +408,7 @@ def abort(msg=""):
                             err.print(
                                 environments.PIPENV_SPINNER_FAIL_TEXT.format("Failed...")
                             )
-                            click.echo(fix_utf8("Something went wrong..."), err=True)
+                            click.echo("Something went wrong...", err=True)
                             click.secho(e.err, fg="cyan", err=True)
                         else:
                             console.print(
@@ -497,9 +491,7 @@ def abort():
                 or click.confirm("Use existing virtualenv?", default=True)
             ):
                 abort()
-        click.echo(
-            click.style(fix_utf8("Using existing virtualenv..."), bold=True), err=True
-        )
+        click.echo(click.style("Using existing virtualenv...", bold=True), err=True)
         # Remove the virtualenv.
         cleanup_virtualenv(project, bare=True)
         # Call this function again.
@@ -859,11 +851,7 @@ def do_install_dependencies(
         # Load the lockfile if it exists, or if dev_only is being used.
         if skip_lock or not project.lockfile_exists:
             if not bare:
-                click.echo(
-                    click.style(
-                        fix_utf8("Installing dependencies from Pipfile..."), bold=True
-                    )
-                )
+                click.secho("Installing dependencies from Pipfile...", bold=True)
             # skip_lock should completely bypass the lockfile (broken in 4dac1676)
             lockfile = project.get_or_create_lockfile(
                 categories=categories, from_pipfile=True
@@ -871,15 +859,11 @@ def do_install_dependencies(
         else:
             lockfile = project.get_or_create_lockfile(categories=categories)
             if not bare:
-                click.echo(
-                    click.style(
-                        fix_utf8(
-                            "Installing dependencies from Pipfile.lock ({})...".format(
-                                lockfile["_meta"].get("hash", {}).get("sha256")[-6:]
-                            )
-                        ),
-                        bold=True,
-                    )
+                click.secho(
+                    "Installing dependencies from Pipfile.lock ({})...".format(
+                        lockfile["_meta"].get("hash", {}).get("sha256")[-6:]
+                    ),
+                    bold=True,
                 )
         dev = dev or dev_only
         deps_list = list(
@@ -913,11 +897,7 @@ def do_install_dependencies(
 
         # Iterate over the hopefully-poorly-packaged dependencies...
         if not failed_deps_queue.empty():
-            click.echo(
-                click.style(
-                    fix_utf8("Installing initially failed dependencies..."), bold=True
-                )
-            )
+            click.secho("Installing initially failed dependencies...", bold=True)
             retry_list = []
             while not failed_deps_queue.empty():
                 failed_dep = failed_deps_queue.get()
@@ -973,10 +953,7 @@ def _create_virtualenv_cmd(project, python, site_packages=False):
 def do_create_virtualenv(project, python=None, site_packages=None, pypi_mirror=None):
     """Creates a virtualenv."""
 
-    click.echo(
-        click.style(fix_utf8("Creating a virtualenv for this project..."), bold=True),
-        err=True,
-    )
+    click.secho("Creating a virtualenv for this project...", bold=True, err=True)
 
     click.echo(
         "Pipfile: " + click.style(project.pipfile_location, fg="yellow", bold=True),
@@ -992,17 +969,14 @@ def do_create_virtualenv(project, python=None, site_packages=None, pypi_mirror=N
         "{0} {1} {3} {2}".format(
             click.style(using_string, bold=True),
             click.style(python, fg="yellow", bold=True),
-            click.style(fix_utf8("to create virtualenv..."), bold=True),
+            click.style("to create virtualenv...", bold=True),
             click.style(f"({python_version(python)})", fg="green"),
         ),
         err=True,
     )
 
     if site_packages:
-        click.echo(
-            click.style(fix_utf8("Making site-packages available..."), bold=True),
-            err=True,
-        )
+        click.secho("Making site-packages available...", bold=True, err=True)
 
     if pypi_mirror:
         pip_config = {"PIP_INDEX_URL": pypi_mirror}
@@ -1160,7 +1134,7 @@ def do_lock(
                 "{} {} {}".format(
                     click.style("Locking"),
                     click.style("[{}]".format(pipfile_category), fg="yellow"),
-                    click.style(fix_utf8("dependencies...")),
+                    click.style("dependencies..."),
                 ),
                 err=True,
             )
@@ -1238,9 +1212,7 @@ def do_purge(project, bare=False, downloads=False, allow_global=False):
 
     if downloads:
         if not bare:
-            click.echo(
-                click.style(fix_utf8("Clearing out downloads directory..."), bold=True)
-            )
+            click.secho("Clearing out downloads directory...", bold=True)
         shutil.rmtree(project.download_location)
         return
 
@@ -1261,7 +1233,7 @@ def do_purge(project, bare=False, downloads=False, allow_global=False):
         return installed
 
     if not bare:
-        click.echo(fix_utf8(f"Found {len(to_remove)} installed package(s), purging..."))
+        click.echo(f"Found {len(to_remove)} installed package(s), purging...")
 
     command = [
         project_python(project, system=allow_global),
@@ -1336,20 +1308,18 @@ def do_init(
                 raise exceptions.DeployException
             elif (system or allow_global) and not (project.s.PIPENV_VIRTUALENV):
                 click.secho(
-                    fix_utf8(
-                        "Pipfile.lock ({}) out of date, but installation "
-                        "uses {} re-building lockfile must happen in "
-                        "isolation. Please rebuild lockfile in a virtualenv. "
-                        "Continuing anyway...".format(old_hash[-6:], "--system")
-                    ),
+                    "Pipfile.lock ({}) out of date, but installation "
+                    "uses {} re-building lockfile must happen in "
+                    "isolation. Please rebuild lockfile in a virtualenv. "
+                    "Continuing anyway...".format(old_hash[-6:], "--system"),
                     fg="yellow",
                     err=True,
                 )
             else:
                 if old_hash:
-                    msg = fix_utf8("Pipfile.lock ({0}) out of date, updating to ({1})...")
+                    msg = "Pipfile.lock ({0}) out of date, updating to ({1})..."
                 else:
-                    msg = fix_utf8("Pipfile.lock is corrupted, replaced with ({1})...")
+                    msg = "Pipfile.lock is corrupt, replaced with ({1})..."
                 click.secho(
                     msg.format(old_hash[-6:], new_hash[-6:]),
                     fg="yellow",
@@ -1377,8 +1347,9 @@ def do_init(
                 "See also: --deploy flag.",
             )
         else:
-            click.echo(
-                click.style(fix_utf8("Pipfile.lock not found, creating..."), bold=True),
+            click.secho(
+                "Pipfile.lock not found, creating...",
+                bold=True,
                 err=True,
             )
             do_lock(
@@ -1974,16 +1945,12 @@ def ensure_lockfile(project, keep_outdated=False, pypi_mirror=None):
         old_hash = project.get_lockfile_hash()
         new_hash = project.calculate_pipfile_hash()
         if new_hash != old_hash:
-            click.echo(
-                click.style(
-                    fix_utf8(
-                        "Pipfile.lock ({}) out of date, updating to ({})...".format(
-                            old_hash[-6:], new_hash[-6:]
-                        )
-                    ),
-                    fg="yellow",
-                    bold=True,
+            click.secho(
+                "Pipfile.lock ({}) out of date, updating to ({})...".format(
+                    old_hash[-6:], new_hash[-6:]
                 ),
+                fg="yellow",
+                bold=True,
                 err=True,
             )
             do_lock(project, keep_outdated=keep_outdated, pypi_mirror=pypi_mirror)
@@ -2170,7 +2137,7 @@ def do_install(
     # Check if the file is remote or not
     if remote:
         click.secho(
-            fix_utf8("Remote requirements file provided! Downloading..."),
+            "Remote requirements file provided! Downloading...",
             bold=True,
             err=True,
         )
@@ -2199,7 +2166,7 @@ def do_install(
     if requirementstxt:
         error, traceback = None, None
         click.secho(
-            fix_utf8("Requirements file provided! Importing into Pipfile..."),
+            "Requirements file provided! Importing into Pipfile...",
             bold=True,
             err=True,
         )
@@ -2295,7 +2262,7 @@ def do_install(
 
         for pkg_line in pkg_list:
             click.secho(
-                fix_utf8(f"Installing {pkg_line}..."),
+                f"Installing {pkg_line}...",
                 fg="green",
                 bold=True,
             )
@@ -2497,13 +2464,9 @@ def do_uninstall(
                 )
             )
             return
-        click.echo(
+        click.secho(
             click.style(
-                fix_utf8(
-                    "Un-installing {}...".format(
-                        click.style("[dev-packages]", fg="yellow")
-                    )
-                ),
+                "Un-installing {}...".format(click.style("[dev-packages]", fg="yellow")),
                 bold=True,
             )
         )
@@ -2530,11 +2493,9 @@ def do_uninstall(
     if all:
         click.echo(
             click.style(
-                fix_utf8(
-                    "Un-installing all {} and {}...".format(
-                        click.style("[dev-packages]", fg="yellow"),
-                        click.style("[packages]", fg="yellow"),
-                    )
+                "Un-installing all {} and {}...".format(
+                    click.style("[dev-packages]", fg="yellow"),
+                    click.style("[packages]", fg="yellow"),
                 ),
                 bold=True,
             )
@@ -2558,7 +2519,7 @@ def do_uninstall(
                         click.style("Removing", fg="cyan"),
                         click.style(package_name, fg="green"),
                         click.style("from", fg="cyan"),
-                        click.style(fix_utf8("Pipfile.lock..."), fg="white"),
+                        click.style("Pipfile.lock...", fg="white"),
                     )
                 )
                 if normalized_name in lockfile[category]:
@@ -2570,9 +2531,7 @@ def do_uninstall(
                 package_name, category=pipfile_category
             ):
                 click.secho(
-                    fix_utf8(
-                        f"Removed {package_name} from Pipfile category {pipfile_category}"
-                    ),
+                    f"Removed {package_name} from Pipfile category {pipfile_category}",
                     fg="green",
                 )
 
@@ -2585,7 +2544,7 @@ def do_uninstall(
             # Uninstall the package.
             if package_name in packages_to_remove:
                 click.secho(
-                    fix_utf8(f"Uninstalling {click.style(package_name)}..."),
+                    f"Uninstalling {click.style(package_name)}...",
                     fg="green",
                     bold=True,
                 )
@@ -2625,7 +2584,7 @@ def do_shell(project, python=False, fancy=False, shell_args=None, pypi_mirror=No
     from .shells import choose_shell
 
     shell = choose_shell(project)
-    click.echo(fix_utf8("Launching subshell in virtual environment..."), err=True)
+    click.echo("Launching subshell in virtual environment...", err=True)
 
     fork_args = (
         project.virtualenv_location,
@@ -2646,10 +2605,8 @@ def do_shell(project, python=False, fancy=False, shell_args=None, pypi_mirror=No
         shell.fork_compat(*fork_args)
     except (AttributeError, ImportError):
         click.echo(
-            fix_utf8(
-                "Compatibility mode not supported. "
-                "Trying to continue as well-configured shell..."
-            ),
+            "Compatibility mode not supported. "
+            "Trying to continue as well-configured shell...",
             err=True,
         )
         shell.fork(*fork_args)
@@ -3272,7 +3229,7 @@ def do_clean(
         else:
             if not bare:
                 click.secho(
-                    fix_utf8(f"Uninstalling {apparent_bad_package}..."),
+                    f"Uninstalling {apparent_bad_package}...",
                     fg="white",
                     bold=True,
                 )
diff --git a/pipenv/environments.py b/pipenv/environments.py
index c253bcdd63..3622811438 100644
--- a/pipenv/environments.py
+++ b/pipenv/environments.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 from vistir.path import normalize_drive
 
-from pipenv._compat import fix_utf8
 from pipenv.patched.pip._vendor.platformdirs import user_cache_dir
 from pipenv.utils.shell import env_to_bool, is_env_truthy
 from pipenv.vendor.vistir.misc import _isatty
@@ -427,5 +426,5 @@ def is_in_virtualenv():
     return virtual_env and not (pipenv_active or ignore_virtualenvs)
 
 
-PIPENV_SPINNER_FAIL_TEXT = fix_utf8("✘ {0}") if not PIPENV_HIDE_EMOJIS else "{0}"
-PIPENV_SPINNER_OK_TEXT = fix_utf8("✔ {0}") if not PIPENV_HIDE_EMOJIS else "{0}"
+PIPENV_SPINNER_FAIL_TEXT = "✘ {0}" if not PIPENV_HIDE_EMOJIS else "{0}"
+PIPENV_SPINNER_OK_TEXT = "✔ {0}" if not PIPENV_HIDE_EMOJIS else "{0}"
diff --git a/pipenv/exceptions.py b/pipenv/exceptions.py
index 99e477bacf..21c0ae7797 100644
--- a/pipenv/exceptions.py
+++ b/pipenv/exceptions.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 from traceback import format_tb
 
 from pipenv import environments
-from pipenv._compat import decode_for_output
 from pipenv.vendor import click, vistir
 from pipenv.vendor.click.exceptions import ClickException, FileError, UsageError
 
@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@ def handle_exception(exc_type, exception, traceback, hook=sys.excepthook):
             formatted_lines.append(line)
         # use new exception prettification rules to format exceptions according to
         # UX rules
-        click.echo(decode_for_output(prettify_exc("\n".join(formatted_lines))), err=True)
+        click.echo(prettify_exc("\n".join(formatted_lines)), err=True)
         exception.show()
 
 
@@ -124,14 +123,14 @@ def show(self, file=None):
             file = vistir.misc.get_text_stderr()
         message = "{}\n{}".format(
             click.style("Failed parsing JSON results:", bold=True),
-            decode_for_output(self.message.strip(), file),
+            print(self.message.strip(), file=file),
         )
         click.echo(message, err=True)
         if self.error_text:
             click.echo(
                 "{} {}".format(
                     click.style("ERROR TEXT:", bold=True),
-                    decode_for_output(self.error_text, file),
+                    print(self.error_text, file=file),
                 ),
                 err=True,
             )
@@ -146,7 +145,7 @@ def __init__(self, message=None, ctx=None, **kwargs):
         message = formatted_message.format(msg_prefix, click.style(message, bold=True))
         self.message = message
         extra = kwargs.pop("extra", [])
-        UsageError.__init__(self, decode_for_output(message), ctx)
+        UsageError.__init__(self, message, ctx)
         self.extra = extra
 
     def show(self, file=None):
@@ -185,9 +184,7 @@ def __init__(self, filename, message=None, **kwargs):
         message = self.formatted_message.format(
             click.style(f"{filename} not found!", bold=True), message
         )
-        FileError.__init__(
-            self, filename=filename, hint=decode_for_output(message), **kwargs
-        )
+        FileError.__init__(self, filename=filename, hint=message, **kwargs)
         self.extra = extra
 
     def show(self, file=None):
@@ -197,7 +194,7 @@ def show(self, file=None):
             if isinstance(self.extra, str):
                 self.extra = [self.extra]
             for extra in self.extra:
-                click.echo(decode_for_output(extra, file), file=file)
+                click.echo(extra, file=file)
         click.echo(self.message, file=file)
 
 
@@ -455,6 +452,6 @@ def prettify_exc(error):
                 _, error, info = error.rpartition(split_string)
             errors.append(f"{error} {info}")
     if not errors:
-        return f"{vistir.misc.decode_for_output(error)}"
+        return error
 
     return "\n".join(errors)
diff --git a/pipenv/utils/environment.py b/pipenv/utils/environment.py
index abcbe4a559..669d37ce94 100644
--- a/pipenv/utils/environment.py
+++ b/pipenv/utils/environment.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import os
 
 from pipenv import environments
-from pipenv._compat import fix_utf8
 from pipenv.vendor import click, dotenv
 
 
@@ -30,10 +29,9 @@ def load_dot_env(project, as_dict=False, quiet=False):
             return dotenv.dotenv_values(dotenv_file)
         elif os.path.isfile(dotenv_file):
             if not quiet:
-                click.echo(
-                    click.style(
-                        fix_utf8("Loading .env environment variables..."), bold=True
-                    ),
+                click.secho(
+                    "Loading .env environment variables...",
+                    bold=True,
                     err=True,
                 )
             dotenv.load_dotenv(dotenv_file, override=True)
diff --git a/pipenv/utils/processes.py b/pipenv/utils/processes.py
index fb96e30ab5..5a38290af1 100644
--- a/pipenv/utils/processes.py
+++ b/pipenv/utils/processes.py
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ def run_command(cmd, *args, is_verbose=False, **kwargs):
     :raises: exceptions.PipenvCmdError
     """
 
-    from pipenv._compat import decode_for_output
     from pipenv.cmdparse import Script
 
     catch_exceptions = kwargs.pop("catch_exceptions", True)
@@ -38,9 +37,7 @@ def run_command(cmd, *args, is_verbose=False, **kwargs):
     c = subprocess_run(command, *args, **kwargs)
     if is_verbose:
         click.echo(
-            "Command output: {}".format(
-                click.style(decode_for_output(c.stdout), fg="cyan")
-            ),
+            "Command output: {}".format(click.style(c.stdout, fg="cyan")),
             err=True,
         )
     if c.returncode and catch_exceptions:
diff --git a/pipenv/utils/resolver.py b/pipenv/utils/resolver.py
index b48f320965..f0283218df 100644
--- a/pipenv/utils/resolver.py
+++ b/pipenv/utils/resolver.py
@@ -912,7 +912,6 @@ def actually_resolve_deps(
 
 
 def resolve(cmd, st, project):
-    from pipenv._compat import decode_output
     from pipenv.cmdparse import Script
     from pipenv.vendor.click import echo
 
@@ -920,7 +919,6 @@ def resolve(cmd, st, project):
     is_verbose = project.s.is_verbose()
     err = ""
     for line in iter(c.stderr.readline, ""):
-        line = decode_output(line)
         if not line.rstrip():
             continue
         err += line