Refs #27795 -- Removed force_text from templatize function

django/core/management/commands/makemessages.py

@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class BuildFile:
         if self.domain == 'djangojs':
             content = prepare_js_for_gettext(src_data)
         elif self.domain == 'django':
-            content = templatize(src_data, origin=self.path[2:], charset=encoding)
+            content = templatize(src_data, origin=self.path[2:])
 
         with open(self.work_path, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as fp:
             fp.write(content)

django/utils/translation/template.py

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ from django.template.base import (
     TOKEN_BLOCK, TOKEN_COMMENT, TOKEN_TEXT, TOKEN_VAR, TRANSLATOR_COMMENT_MARK,
     Lexer,
 )
-from django.utils.encoding import force_text
 
 from . import TranslatorCommentWarning, trim_whitespace
 
@@ -36,13 +35,12 @@ plural_re = re.compile(r"""^\s*plural$""")
 constant_re = re.compile(r"""_\(((?:".*?")|(?:'.*?'))\)""")
 
 
-def templatize(src, origin=None, charset='utf-8'):
+def templatize(src, origin=None):
     """
     Turn a Django template into something that is understood by xgettext. It
     does so by translating the Django translation tags into standard gettext
     function invocations.
     """
-    src = force_text(src, charset)
     out = StringIO('')
     message_context = None
     intrans = False