diff --git a/oxi/interfaces/utils.py b/oxi/interfaces/utils.py
index f91466d..7348000 100644
--- a/oxi/interfaces/utils.py
+++ b/oxi/interfaces/utils.py
@@ -23,3 +23,17 @@ def expand_vlan_range(value: str | list[str]) -> list[str]:
         else:
             result.append(part)
     return result
+
+
+def decode_utf(text: str):
+    """Decode escaped UTF-8 descriptions."""
+    if "\\x" in text:
+        desc = text.strip('"')
+        decoded = (
+            desc.encode("utf-8")
+            .decode("unicode_escape")
+            .encode("latin1")
+            .decode("utf-8")
+        )
+        return decoded
+    return text
diff --git a/tests/test_units.py b/tests/test_units.py
index ad7cf32..0df7e8e 100644
--- a/tests/test_units.py
+++ b/tests/test_units.py
@@ -5,42 +5,37 @@ from oxi.exception import OxiAPIError
 from oxi.interfaces import device_registry
 from oxi.interfaces.base import BaseDevice
 from oxi.interfaces.contract import Interfaces, System
-from oxi.interfaces.utils import expand_vlan_range as eltex_expand
-from oxi.interfaces.utils import expand_vlan_range as qtech_expand
+from oxi.interfaces.utils import decode_utf, expand_vlan_range
 
 
 class TestExpandVlanRange:
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize("expand", [qtech_expand, eltex_expand])
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("expand", [expand_vlan_range])
     def test_simple_and_range(self, expand):
         assert expand("1,7,14-15") == ["1", "7", "14", "15"]
 
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize("expand", [qtech_expand, eltex_expand])
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("expand", [expand_vlan_range])
     def test_reversed_range_is_normalized(self, expand):
         assert expand("15-13") == ["13", "14", "15"]
 
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize("expand", [qtech_expand, eltex_expand])
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("expand", [expand_vlan_range])
     def test_non_numeric_range_kept_verbatim(self, expand):
         assert expand("a-b") == ["a-b"]
 
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize("expand", [qtech_expand, eltex_expand])
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("expand", [expand_vlan_range])
     def test_empty(self, expand):
         assert expand("") == []
 
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize("expand", [qtech_expand, eltex_expand])
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("expand", [expand_vlan_range])
     def test_list_input(self, expand):
         assert expand(["1", "3-4"]) == ["1", "3", "4"]
 
 
-class TestKeeneticDecodeUtf:
-    @pytest.fixture(scope="class")
-    def keenetic(self):
-        return device_registry["keenetic"](load("keenetic"))
+class TestDecodeUtf:
+    def test_plain_text_passthrough(self):
+        assert decode_utf("Plain ASCII") == "Plain ASCII"
 
-    def test_plain_text_passthrough(self, keenetic):
-        assert keenetic._decode_utf("Plain ASCII") == "Plain ASCII"
-
-    def test_escaped_utf8_is_decoded(self, keenetic):
-        assert keenetic._decode_utf(r'"\xd0\x94\xd0\xbe\xd0\xbc"') == "Дом"
+    def test_escaped_utf8_is_decoded(self):
+        assert decode_utf(r'"\xd0\x94\xd0\xbe\xd0\xbc"') == "Дом"
 
 
 class TestTemplateValidation: