diff --git a/tools/python/stylesheet/cat_stat.py b/tools/python/stylesheet/cat_stat.py
index 47d406c8ae..e7c593f58d 100755
--- a/tools/python/stylesheet/cat_stat.py
+++ b/tools/python/stylesheet/cat_stat.py
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     for row in find_popular_taginfo(cursor, seen):
         r = ['{}={}'.format(row[0], row[1])] + ['']*6 + [row[2]]
         if wcur is not None:
-            wcur.execute("select description from wikipages where key=? and value=? and lang in ('en', 'ru') order by lang desc", (row[0], row[1]))
+            wcur.execute("select description from wikipages where key=? and value=? and lang is 'en'", (row[0], row[1]))
             wrow = wcur.fetchone()
-            r.append('' if wrow is None or wrow[0] is None else wrow[0].encode('utf-8'))
+            r.append('' if wrow is None or wrow[0] is None else wrow[0])
         w.writerow(r)