diff --git a/certbot/tests/cli_test.py b/certbot/tests/cli_test.py
index 3d17cc467..5d2051cfe 100644
--- a/certbot/tests/cli_test.py
+++ b/certbot/tests/cli_test.py
@@ -346,11 +346,12 @@ class CLITest(unittest.TestCase):  # pylint: disable=too-many-public-methods
         except errors.PluginSelectionError as e:
             self.assertTrue('The requested bad_auth plugin does not appear' in str(e))
 
+    def test_punycode_ok(self):
+        # Punycode is now legal, so no longer an error; instead check
+        # that it's _not_ an error (at the initial sanity check stage)
+        util.enforce_domain_sanity('this.is.xn--ls8h.tld')
+
     def test_check_config_sanity_domain(self):
-        # Punycode
-        self.assertRaises(errors.ConfigurationError,
-                          self._call,
-                          ['-d', 'this.is.xn--ls8h.tld'])
         # FQDN
         self.assertRaises(errors.ConfigurationError,
                           self._call,
diff --git a/certbot/tests/display/ops_test.py b/certbot/tests/display/ops_test.py
index 2e3e65261..bc0696f9c 100644
--- a/certbot/tests/display/ops_test.py
+++ b/certbot/tests/display/ops_test.py
@@ -244,8 +244,8 @@ class ChooseNamesTest(unittest.TestCase):
         all_valid = ["example.com", "second.example.com",
                      "also.example.com", "under_score.example.com",
                      "justtld"]
-        all_invalid = ["xn--ls8h.tld", "*.wildcard.com", "uniçodé.com"]
-        two_valid = ["example.com", "xn--ls8h.tld", "also.example.com"]
+        all_invalid = ["öóòps.net", "*.wildcard.com", "uniçodé.com"]
+        two_valid = ["example.com", "úniçøde.com", "also.example.com"]
         self.assertEqual(get_valid_domains(all_valid), all_valid)
         self.assertEqual(get_valid_domains(all_invalid), [])
         self.assertEqual(len(get_valid_domains(two_valid)), 2)
@@ -266,10 +266,6 @@ class ChooseNamesTest(unittest.TestCase):
             unicode_error = UnicodeEncodeError('mock', u'', 0, 1, 'mock')
             mock_sli.side_effect = unicode_error
             self.assertEqual(_choose_names_manually(), [])
-        # Punycode and no retry
-        mock_util().input.return_value = (display_util.OK,
-                                          "xn--ls8h.tld")
-        self.assertEqual(_choose_names_manually(), [])
         # Valid domains
         mock_util().input.return_value = (display_util.OK,
                                           ("example.com,"
diff --git a/certbot/util.py b/certbot/util.py
index 5cb4b4cad..577180b00 100644
--- a/certbot/util.py
+++ b/certbot/util.py
@@ -437,19 +437,13 @@ def enforce_domain_sanity(domain):
     """
     if isinstance(domain, six.text_type):
         wildcard_marker = u"*."
-        punycode_marker = u"xn--"
     else:
         wildcard_marker = b"*."
-        punycode_marker = b"xn--"
 
     # Check if there's a wildcard domain
     if domain.startswith(wildcard_marker):
         raise errors.ConfigurationError(
             "Wildcard domains are not supported: {0}".format(domain))
-    # Punycode
-    if punycode_marker in domain:
-        raise errors.ConfigurationError(
-            "Punycode domains are not presently supported: {0}".format(domain))
 
     # Unicode
     try: