1 files changed, 4 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/fastimport/helpers.py b/fastimport/helpers.py
index e252d09..78fe50c 100644
--- a/fastimport/helpers.py
+++ b/fastimport/helpers.py
@@ -104,24 +104,15 @@ def is_inside_any(dir_list, fname):
 
 def utf8_bytes_string(s):
     """Convert a string to a bytes string (if necessary, encode in utf8)"""
-    if sys.version_info[0] == 2:
-        if isinstance(s, str):
-            return s
-        else:
-            return s.encode('utf8')
+    if isinstance(s, str):
+        return bytes(s, encoding='utf8')
     else:
-        if isinstance(s, str):
-            return bytes(s, encoding='utf8')
-        else:
-            return s
+        return s
 
 
 def repr_bytes(obj):
     """Return a bytes representation of the object"""
-    if sys.version_info[0] == 2:
-        return repr(obj)
-    else:
-        return bytes(obj)
+    return bytes(obj)
 
 
 class newobject(object):