diff --git a/idk/kafka_sasl/cmd_test.go b/idk/kafka_sasl/cmd_test.go
index daa24dae7..7314f1740 100644
--- a/idk/kafka_sasl/cmd_test.go
+++ b/idk/kafka_sasl/cmd_test.go
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ func TestSaslLookupFieldWithExternalId(t *testing.T) {
 		// - identifying duplicates is not possible without a primary key in the message
 		{name: "missing-data", missing: true},
 		{name: "normal-write", text: "D", expText: "D"},
-		{name: "weirdstring-1", text: "Æ�漢д ☮♬ ♞🜻💣", expText: "Æ�漢д ☮♬ ♞🜻💣"},
+		{name: "weirdstring-1", text: "Æ漢д ☮♬ ♞🜻💣", expText: "Æ漢д ☮♬ ♞🜻💣"},
 		{name: "weirdstring-2", text: "", expText: ""},
 		{name: "weirdstring-3", text: "'", expText: "'"},
 		{name: "doublequotes-1", text: `\"`, expText: `"`}, // is this sensible?
diff --git a/idk/kafka_static/cmd_test.go b/idk/kafka_static/cmd_test.go
index 4f4d9ae55..cc4d06bc8 100644
--- a/idk/kafka_static/cmd_test.go
+++ b/idk/kafka_static/cmd_test.go
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ func TestLookupFieldWithExternalId(t *testing.T) {
 		// - identifying duplicates is not possible without a primary key in the message
 		{name: "missing-data", missing: true},
 		{name: "normal-write", text: "D", expText: "D"},
-		{name: "weirdstring-1", text: "Æ�漢д ☮♬ ♞🜻💣", expText: "Æ�漢д ☮♬ ♞🜻💣"},
+		{name: "weirdstring-1", text: "Æ漢д ☮♬ ♞🜻💣", expText: "Æ漢д ☮♬ ♞🜻💣"},
 		{name: "weirdstring-2", text: "", expText: ""},
 		{name: "weirdstring-3", text: "'", expText: "'"},
 		{name: "doublequotes-1", text: `\"`, expText: `"`}, // is this sensible?
diff --git a/pql/pqlpeg_test.go b/pql/pqlpeg_test.go
index 3c39b451a..93fecba9f 100644
--- a/pql/pqlpeg_test.go
+++ b/pql/pqlpeg_test.go
@@ -344,21 +344,21 @@ func TestPQLDeepEquality(t *testing.T) {
 			}},
 		{
 			name: "SetWithUnicode",
-			call: `Set(0, unicode="Æ�漢д ☮♬ ♞🜻💣")`,
+			call: `Set(0, unicode="Æ漢д ☮♬ ♞🜻💣")`,
 			exp: &Call{
 				Name: "Set",
 				Args: map[string]interface{}{
 					"_col":    int64(0),
-					"unicode": `Æ�漢д ☮♬ ♞🜻💣`,
+					"unicode": `Æ漢д ☮♬ ♞🜻💣`,
 				},
 			}},
 		{
 			name: "RowWithUnicode",
-			call: `Row(unicode="Æ�漢д ☮♬ ♞🜻💣")`,
+			call: `Row(unicode="Æ漢д ☮♬ ♞🜻💣")`,
 			exp: &Call{
 				Name: "Row",
 				Args: map[string]interface{}{
-					"unicode": `Æ�漢д ☮♬ ♞🜻💣`,
+					"unicode": `Æ漢д ☮♬ ♞🜻💣`,
 				},
 			}},
 		{
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ func TestPQLDeepEquality(t *testing.T) {
 			}},
 		{
 			name: "TopNWithUnicode",
-			call: `TopN(stargazer, Row(unicode="Æ�漢д ☮♬ ♞🜻💣"), a="∑")`,
+			call: `TopN(stargazer, Row(unicode="Æ漢д ☮♬ ♞🜻💣"), a="∑")`,
 			exp: &Call{
 				Name: "TopN",
 				Args: map[string]interface{}{
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ func TestPQLDeepEquality(t *testing.T) {
 					"a":      "∑",
 				},
 				Children: []*Call{
-					{Name: "Row", Args: map[string]interface{}{"unicode": "Æ�漢д ☮♬ ♞🜻💣"}},
+					{Name: "Row", Args: map[string]interface{}{"unicode": "Æ漢д ☮♬ ♞🜻💣"}},
 				},
 			}},
 		{