diff --git a/gestion/darcs_send_changes.py b/gestion/darcs_send_changes.py
index 26d1b6b0..224d99dc 100755
--- a/gestion/darcs_send_changes.py
+++ b/gestion/darcs_send_changes.py
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ def to_utf8(str):
 
 def darcs(args):
     """ Invoque darcs et renvoie sa sortie. """
-    return to_utf8(commands.getstatusoutput("env DARCS_DONT_ESCAPE_8BIT=1 darcs " + args))
+    (s, o) = commands.getstatusoutput("env DARCS_DONT_ESCAPE_8BIT=1 darcs " + args)
+    o = to_utf8(o)
+    return (s, o)
 
 def darcs_raw(args):
     """ Invoque darcs et renvoie sa sortie. """
@@ -79,7 +81,6 @@ def get_patch_properties(hash):
     else:
         match_cmd = "--last 1"
     (status, changelog) = darcs("changes %s --xml-output" % match_cmd)
-    changelog = to_utf8(changelog)
     if status != 0 or changelog == "":
         return None
     prop = etree.XML(changelog)