diff --git a/py/makeqstrdata.py b/py/makeqstrdata.py
index 5fe5b652f846..02f0bea7ebba 100644
--- a/py/makeqstrdata.py
+++ b/py/makeqstrdata.py
@@ -419,7 +419,6 @@ def compute_huffman_coding(translations, compression_filename):
 
     print("//", values, lengths)
     values = [(atom if len(atom) == 1 else chr(0x80 + words.index(atom))) for atom in values]
-    print("//", values, lengths)
     max_translation_encoded_length = max(
         len(translation.encode("utf-8")) for (original, translation) in translations
     )
diff --git a/tools/gen_display_resources.py b/tools/gen_display_resources.py
index 69ad501787e5..04ebc86579f1 100644
--- a/tools/gen_display_resources.py
+++ b/tools/gen_display_resources.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 parser.add_argument("--extra_characters", type=str, help="Unicode string of extra characters")
 parser.add_argument(
     "--sample_file",
-    type=argparse.FileType("r"),
+    type=argparse.FileType("r", encoding="utf-8"),
     help="Text file that includes strings to support.",
 )
 parser.add_argument("--output_c_file", type=argparse.FileType("w"), required=True)