diff --git a/avocado/utils/process.py b/avocado/utils/process.py
index 788a31df68921d626d4a472bb54cf81aff588798..06e7343d5e9a89407b20feb3de72c62f51d76e8f 100644
--- a/avocado/utils/process.py
+++ b/avocado/utils/process.py
@@ -380,18 +380,20 @@ class FDDrainer(object):
                 bfr += tmp
                 if tmp.endswith(b'\n'):
                     for line in bfr.splitlines():
+                        line = astring.to_text(line, self._result.encoding)
                         if self._logger is not None:
                             self._logger.debug(self._logger_prefix, line)
                         if self._stream_logger is not None:
-                            self._stream_logger.debug('%s\n', line)
+                            self._stream_logger.debug(line)
                     bfr = b''
         # Write the rest of the bfr unfinished by \n
         if self._verbose and bfr:
             for line in bfr.splitlines():
+                line = astring.to_text(line, self._result.encoding)
                 if self._logger is not None:
                     self._logger.debug(self._logger_prefix, line)
                 if self._stream_logger is not None:
-                    self._stream_logger.debug(line)
+                    self._stream_logger.debug(astring.to_text(line))
 
     def start(self):
         self._thread = threading.Thread(target=self._drainer, name=self.name)
diff --git a/selftests/functional/test_basic.py b/selftests/functional/test_basic.py
index f1ddba0d387a8dc96b0081d198ac85fc921583fc..50b06fae40d402521db0a5c84b651800bf193b25 100644
--- a/selftests/functional/test_basic.py
+++ b/selftests/functional/test_basic.py
@@ -607,8 +607,6 @@ class RunnerHumanOutputTest(unittest.TestCase):
                       b'INTERRUPT 0 | CANCEL 1',
                       result.stdout)
 
-    @unittest.skipIf(sys.version_info[0] == 3,
-                     "Test currently broken on Python 3")
     @unittest.skipIf(not GNU_ECHO_BINARY,
                      'GNU style echo binary not available')
     def test_ugly_echo_cmd(self):
diff --git a/selftests/functional/test_loader.py b/selftests/functional/test_loader.py
index 182cb9b3d8f97cc96020966d66d88e1c84101323..770d08e51c9e2c6fa7ad242a49017e229be4342c 100644
--- a/selftests/functional/test_loader.py
+++ b/selftests/functional/test_loader.py
@@ -329,8 +329,6 @@ class LoaderTestFunctional(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(test, 11, "Number of tests is not 12 (%s):\n%s"
                          % (test, result))
 
-    @unittest.skipIf(sys.version_info[0] == 3,
-                     "Test currently broken on Python 3")
     def test_python_unittest(self):
         test_path = os.path.join(basedir, "selftests", ".data", "unittests.py")
         cmd = ("%s run --sysinfo=off --job-results-dir %s --json - -- %s"
diff --git a/selftests/functional/test_output.py b/selftests/functional/test_output.py
index 554da3d7cf8ed56248a5d17f275679cdcd902154..016703a0ea6f157ce64ad96e996f02ce7a26dfe9 100644
--- a/selftests/functional/test_output.py
+++ b/selftests/functional/test_output.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import json
 import os
 import re
 import shutil
-import sys
 import tempfile
 import unittest
 from xml.dom import minidom
@@ -163,8 +162,6 @@ class OutputTest(unittest.TestCase):
                          "Libc double free can be seen in avocado "
                          "doublefree output:\n%s" % output)
 
-    @unittest.skipIf(sys.version_info[0] == 3,
-                     "Test currently broken on Python 3")
     def test_print_to_std(self):
         def _check_output(path, exps, name):
             i = 0
@@ -249,8 +246,6 @@ class OutputTest(unittest.TestCase):
                 with open(output_file_path, 'r') as output:
                     self.assertEqual(output.read(), '')
 
-    @unittest.skipIf(sys.version_info[0] == 3,
-                     "Test currently broken on Python 3")
     def test_check_on_off(self):
         """
         Checks that output will always be kept, but it will only make into
diff --git a/selftests/functional/test_output_check.py b/selftests/functional/test_output_check.py
index 987cd9f43e917a78f476e5402f19a80126777891..fda9cfff04b1becd06db6c9edd26bfd049b472a6 100644
--- a/selftests/functional/test_output_check.py
+++ b/selftests/functional/test_output_check.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import json
 import os
 import shutil
-import sys
 import tempfile
 import unittest
 
@@ -139,8 +138,6 @@ class RunnerSimpleTest(unittest.TestCase):
                          (expected_rc, result))
         self.assertIn(tampered_msg, result.stdout)
 
-    @unittest.skipIf(sys.version_info[0] == 3,
-                     "Test currently broken on Python 3")
     def test_output_diff(self):
         self._check_output_record_all()
         tampered_msg_stdout = b"I PITY THE FOOL THAT STANDS ON STDOUT!"