diff --git a/tests/fixtures/html_replies/hotmail.html b/tests/fixtures/html_replies/hotmail.html
index a08da9c..0257b2e 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/html_replies/hotmail.html
+++ b/tests/fixtures/html_replies/hotmail.html
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <html>
 <head>
 <style><!--
diff --git a/tests/html_quotations_test.py b/tests/html_quotations_test.py
index 97128e7..b7b4885 100644
--- a/tests/html_quotations_test.py
+++ b/tests/html_quotations_test.py
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ RE_REPLY = re.compile(r"^Hi\. I am fine\.\s*\n\s*Thanks,\s*\n\s*Alex\s*$")
 def extract_reply_and_check(filename):
     f = open(filename)
 
-    msg_body = f.read().decode("utf-8")
+    msg_body = f.read()
     reply = quotations.extract_from_html(msg_body)
 
     h = html2text.HTML2Text()
