diff --git a/plugins/article_import/lib/foodsoft_article_import.rb b/plugins/article_import/lib/foodsoft_article_import.rb
index 4472cca5..5bd48dd8 100644
--- a/plugins/article_import/lib/foodsoft_article_import.rb
+++ b/plugins/article_import/lib/foodsoft_article_import.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ require 'csv'
 require 'yaml'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/hash/keys'
 require_relative 'foodsoft_article_import/bnn'
-require_relative 'foodsoft_article_import/utf8_encoder'
 require_relative 'foodsoft_article_import/odin'
 require_relative 'foodsoft_article_import/foodsoft'
 module FoodsoftArticleImport
diff --git a/plugins/article_import/lib/foodsoft_article_import/bnn.rb b/plugins/article_import/lib/foodsoft_article_import/bnn.rb
index b07b9e45..008b6029 100644
--- a/plugins/article_import/lib/foodsoft_article_import/bnn.rb
+++ b/plugins/article_import/lib/foodsoft_article_import/bnn.rb
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ module FoodsoftArticleImport
         # check if the line is empty
         unless row[0] == '' || row[0].nil?
           article = {
-            name: UTF8Encoder.clean(row[6]),
+            name: row[6],
             order_number: row[0],
-            note: UTF8Encoder.clean(row[7]),
+            note: row[7],
             manufacturer: translate(:manufacturer, row[10]),
             origin: row[12],
             article_category: translate(:category, row[16]),
diff --git a/plugins/article_import/lib/foodsoft_article_import/order_bnn.rb b/plugins/article_import/lib/foodsoft_article_import/order_bnn.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 59e690c1..00000000
--- a/plugins/article_import/lib/foodsoft_article_import/order_bnn.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-module FoodsoftArticleImport
-  class OrderBnn < RenderCsv
-    def initialize(object, options = {})
-      super
-      @options[:col_sep] = ""
-      @options[:row_sep] = "\n"
-      @options[:encoding] = 'IBM850'
-    end
-
-    def header
-      customer_id = "000001"
-      delivery_date = Time.zone.now.strftime("%y%m%d")
-      pickup = " "
-
-      ["D##{customer_id}#{delivery_date}#{pickup}#{@object.id}"]
-    end
-
-    def data
-      @object.order_articles.ordered.includes([:article, :article_price]).all.map do |oa|
-        yield [
-          pad_to_length(oa.article.order_number, 13),
-          "+",
-          pad_float_values(oa.units_to_order),
-          pad_to_length(oa.article.name, 30),
-          pad_float_values(oa.article.unit_quantity),
-          pad_to_length(oa.article.unit, 14),
-          pad_to_length(oa.article.manufacturer, 3),
-          pad_to_length("", 26)
-        ]
-      end
-    end
-
-    def pad_float_values(number, digits_before=4, digits_after=3)
-      format_string = "%0#{digits_before + digits_after}d"
-      formatted_number = sprintf(format_string, (number * 10 ** digits_after).to_i)
-    end
-
-    def pad_to_length(string, length)
-      string.to_s.rjust(length, " ")[0, length]
-    end
-  end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/article_import/lib/foodsoft_article_import/utf8_encoder.rb b/plugins/article_import/lib/foodsoft_article_import/utf8_encoder.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 1edb6727..00000000
--- a/plugins/article_import/lib/foodsoft_article_import/utf8_encoder.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-
-module UTF8Encoder
-  def self.clean(string)
-    if string.nil?
-      string
-    else
-      string.encode('UTF-8')
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/plugins/article_import/spec/lib/foodsoft/foodsoft_article_import_foodsoft_spec.rb b/plugins/article_import/spec/lib/foodsoft/foodsoft_article_import_foodsoft_spec.rb
index 12ad16d7..ce78b12b 100644
--- a/plugins/article_import/spec/lib/foodsoft/foodsoft_article_import_foodsoft_spec.rb
+++ b/plugins/article_import/spec/lib/foodsoft/foodsoft_article_import_foodsoft_spec.rb
@@ -6,14 +6,6 @@ require 'foodsoft_article_import'
 describe FoodsoftArticleImport do
   files_path = File.expand_path '../../files', __dir__
   foodsoft_files_path = File.join(files_path, 'foodsoft')
-  puts "
-  " + "______________" + "
-  " + "______________" + "
-  " + "______________" + "
-  " + "#{foodsoft_files_path}" + "
-  " + "______________"+ "
-  " + "______________"+ "
-  " + "______________"
 
   dummy_article = { order_number: '1', name: 'product', note: 'bio', manufacturer: 'someone', origin: 'eu',
                     unit: '1 kg', price: '1.23', tax: '6', unit_quantity: '10', article_category: 'coolstuff', deposit: '0' }