diff --git a/pkg/powershell/middleware/utf8.go b/pkg/powershell/middleware/utf8.go
index 3ef940570..292e76d4f 100644
--- a/pkg/powershell/middleware/utf8.go
+++ b/pkg/powershell/middleware/utf8.go
@@ -2,48 +2,41 @@
 
 package middleware
 
-import (
-	"encoding/base64"
-	"fmt"
-
-	"github.com/StackExchange/dnscontrol/v4/pkg/powershell/utils"
-)
-
 // utf8 implements a primitive middleware that encodes all outputs
 // as base64 to prevent encoding issues between remote PowerShell
 // shells and the receiver. Just setting $OutputEncoding does not
 // work reliably enough, sadly.
-type utf8 struct {
-	upstream Middleware
-	wrapper  string
-}
+// type utf8 struct {
+// 	upstream Middleware
+// 	wrapper  string
+// }
 
-func NewUTF8(upstream Middleware) (Middleware, error) {
-	wrapper := "goUTF8" + utils.CreateRandomString(8)
+// func NewUTF8(upstream Middleware) (Middleware, error) {
+// 	wrapper := "goUTF8" + utils.CreateRandomString(8)
 
-	_, _, err := upstream.Execute(fmt.Sprintf(`function %s { process { if ($_) { [Convert]::ToBase64String([Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes($_)) } else { '' } } }`, wrapper))
+// 	_, _, err := upstream.Execute(fmt.Sprintf(`function %s { process { if ($_) { [Convert]::ToBase64String([Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes($_)) } else { '' } } }`, wrapper))
 
-	return &utf8{upstream, wrapper}, err
-}
+// 	return &utf8{upstream, wrapper}, err
+// }
 
-func (u *utf8) Execute(cmd string) (string, string, error) {
-	// Out-String to concat all lines into a single line,
-	// Write-Host to prevent line breaks at the "window width"
-	cmd = fmt.Sprintf(`%s | Out-String | %s | Write-Host`, cmd, u.wrapper)
+// func (u *utf8) Execute(cmd string) (string, string, error) {
+// 	// Out-String to concat all lines into a single line,
+// 	// Write-Host to prevent line breaks at the "window width"
+// 	cmd = fmt.Sprintf(`%s | Out-String | %s | Write-Host`, cmd, u.wrapper)
 
-	stdout, stderr, err := u.upstream.Execute(cmd)
-	if err != nil {
-		return stdout, stderr, err
-	}
+// 	stdout, stderr, err := u.upstream.Execute(cmd)
+// 	if err != nil {
+// 		return stdout, stderr, err
+// 	}
 
-	decoded, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(stdout)
-	if err != nil {
-		return stdout, stderr, err
-	}
+// 	decoded, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(stdout)
+// 	if err != nil {
+// 		return stdout, stderr, err
+// 	}
 
-	return string(decoded), stderr, nil
-}
+// 	return string(decoded), stderr, nil
+// }
 
-func (u *utf8) Exit() {
-	u.upstream.Exit()
-}
+// func (u *utf8) Exit() {
+// 	u.upstream.Exit()
+// }