removed erroneous decode. RE. DBOARD3-459

inventory_provider/tasks/worker.py

@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ def reload_lab_router_config_chorded(self, hostname):
 
     # load new netconf data, in this thread
     netconf_str = retrieve_and_persist_netconf_config(hostname, lab=True)
-    netconf_doc = etree.fromstring(netconf_str.decode('utf-8'))
+    netconf_doc = etree.fromstring(netconf_str)
 
     refresh_juniper_interface_list(hostname, netconf_doc, lab=True)
 
@@ -1265,7 +1265,7 @@ def reload_lab_router_config_chorded(self, hostname):
 def reload_router_config_chorded(self, hostname):
     self.log_info(f'loading netconf data for {hostname} RL')
     netconf_str = retrieve_and_persist_netconf_config(hostname)
-    netconf_doc = etree.fromstring(netconf_str.decode('utf-8'))
+    netconf_doc = etree.fromstring(netconf_str)
 
     # clear cached classifier responses for this router, and
     # refresh peering data