diff --git a/extra/keepalive/keepalive.py b/extra/keepalive/keepalive.py
index bb032ebc1..66141389a 100644
--- a/extra/keepalive/keepalive.py
+++ b/extra/keepalive/keepalive.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ EXTRA ATTRIBUTES AND METHODS
 """
 from httplib import _CS_REQ_STARTED, _CS_REQ_SENT, _CS_IDLE, CannotSendHeader
 
-from lib.core.common import encodeUnicode
+from lib.core.convert import unicodeencode
 from lib.core.data import kb
 
 import threading
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ class HTTPConnection(httplib.HTTPConnection):
         self._send_output()
 
     def send(self, str):
-        httplib.HTTPConnection.send(self, encodeUnicode(str, kb.pageEncoding))
+        httplib.HTTPConnection.send(self, unicodeencode(str, kb.pageEncoding))
 
 #########################################################################
 #####   TEST FUNCTIONS
diff --git a/lib/core/common.py b/lib/core/common.py
index 10f056325..937576031 100644
--- a/lib/core/common.py
+++ b/lib/core/common.py
@@ -1799,22 +1799,6 @@ def getUnicode(value, encoding=None, system=False):
         except:
             return getUnicode(value, UNICODE_ENCODING)
 
-def encodeUnicode(value, encoding=None):
-    """
-    Return 8-bit string representation of the supplied unicode value:
-
-    >>> encodeUnicode(u'test')
-    'test'
-    """
-
-    retVal = value
-    if isinstance(value, unicode):
-        try:
-            retVal = value.encode(encoding or UNICODE_ENCODING)
-        except UnicodeEncodeError:
-            retVal = value.encode(UNICODE_ENCODING, errors="replace")
-    return retVal
-
 # http://boredzo.org/blog/archives/2007-01-06/longest-common-prefix-in-python-2
 def longestCommonPrefix(*sequences):
     if len(sequences) == 1:
diff --git a/lib/core/convert.py b/lib/core/convert.py
index 5bede6455..7cb1b9204 100644
--- a/lib/core/convert.py
+++ b/lib/core/convert.py
@@ -124,8 +124,24 @@ def urlencode(value, safe="%&=", convall=False, limit=False):
 
     return result
 
+def unicodeencode(value, encoding=None):
+    """
+    Return 8-bit string representation of the supplied unicode value:
+
+    >>> unicodeencode(u'test')
+    'test'
+    """
+
+    retVal = value
+    if isinstance(value, unicode):
+        try:
+            retVal = value.encode(encoding or UNICODE_ENCODING)
+        except UnicodeEncodeError:
+            retVal = value.encode(UNICODE_ENCODING, errors="replace")
+    return retVal
+
 def utf8encode(value):
-    return value.encode("utf-8")
+    return unicodeencode(value, "utf-8")
 
 def utf8decode(value):
     return value.decode("utf-8")
diff --git a/lib/request/connect.py b/lib/request/connect.py
index a7b7f3ca0..fd79b854e 100644
--- a/lib/request/connect.py
+++ b/lib/request/connect.py
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ from lib.core.common import average
 from lib.core.common import calculateDeltaSeconds
 from lib.core.common import clearConsoleLine
 from lib.core.common import cpuThrottle
-from lib.core.common import encodeUnicode
 from lib.core.common import extractRegexResult
 from lib.core.common import getCurrentThreadData
 from lib.core.common import getFilteredPageContent
@@ -31,9 +30,10 @@ from lib.core.common import parseTargetUrl
 from lib.core.common import readInput
 from lib.core.common import removeReflectiveValues
 from lib.core.common import stdev
-from lib.core.common import wasLastRequestDelayed
-from lib.core.convert import urlencode
 from lib.core.common import urlEncodeCookieValues
+from lib.core.common import wasLastRequestDelayed
+from lib.core.convert import unicodeencode
+from lib.core.convert import urlencode
 from lib.core.data import conf
 from lib.core.data import kb
 from lib.core.data import logger
@@ -176,9 +176,9 @@ class Connect:
 
             for key, item in headers.items():
                 del headers[key]
-                headers[encodeUnicode(key, kb.pageEncoding)] = encodeUnicode(item, kb.pageEncoding)
+                headers[unicodeencode(key, kb.pageEncoding)] = unicodeencode(item, kb.pageEncoding)
 
-            post = encodeUnicode(post, kb.pageEncoding)
+            post = unicodeencode(post, kb.pageEncoding)
 
             if method:
                 req = MethodRequest(url, post, headers)