diff --git a/novaclient/v2/shell.py b/novaclient/v2/shell.py
index c848521a8..a647e3c02 100644
--- a/novaclient/v2/shell.py
+++ b/novaclient/v2/shell.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 import argparse
-import codecs
 import collections
 import datetime
 import getpass
@@ -2759,10 +2758,7 @@ def do_console_log(cs, args):
     """Get console log output of a server."""
     server = _find_server(cs, args.server)
     data = server.get_console_output(length=args.length)
-
-    if data and data[-1] != '\n':
-        data += '\n'
-    codecs.getwriter('utf-8')(sys.stdout).write(data)
+    print(data)
 
 
 @utils.arg('server', metavar='<server>', help=_('Name or ID of server.'))