diff --git a/addons/sale_timesheet/data/sale_service_demo.xml b/addons/sale_timesheet/data/sale_service_demo.xml
index b88ad588615..1ec8dede857 100644
--- a/addons/sale_timesheet/data/sale_service_demo.xml
+++ b/addons/sale_timesheet/data/sale_service_demo.xml
@@ -1311,7 +1311,7 @@
             <field name="res_id" ref="project_agr_task_1"/>
         </record>
         <function model="project.task" name="rating_apply"
-            eval="([ref('project_agr_task_1')], 5, 'TS_0', None, 'This is already looking very promising, thanks for the good work! 😃')"/>
+            eval="([ref('project_agr_task_1')], 5, 'TS_0', None, 'This is already looking very promising, thanks for the good work!')"/>
 
         <record id="rating_task_2" model="rating.rating">
             <field name="access_token">TS_1</field>