1 files changed, 3 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/gitdb/utils/encoding.py b/gitdb/utils/encoding.py
index 4d270af..25ebead 100644
--- a/gitdb/utils/encoding.py
+++ b/gitdb/utils/encoding.py
@@ -1,31 +1,18 @@
-from gitdb.utils import compat
-
-if compat.PY3:
-    string_types = (str, )
-    text_type = str
-else:
-    string_types = (basestring, )
-    text_type = unicode
-
-
 def force_bytes(data, encoding="ascii"):
     if isinstance(data, bytes):
         return data
 
-    if isinstance(data, string_types):
+    if isinstance(data, str):
         return data.encode(encoding)
 
     return data
 
 
 def force_text(data, encoding="utf-8"):
-    if isinstance(data, text_type):
+    if isinstance(data, str):
         return data
 
     if isinstance(data, bytes):
         return data.decode(encoding)
 
-    if compat.PY3:
-        return text_type(data, encoding)
-    else:
-        return text_type(data)
+    return str(data, encoding)