3K: BUG: bytes as dtype should map to 1-byte strings, not long

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/numpy/core/src/multiarray/descriptor.c b/numpy/core/src/multiarray/descriptor.c
index cb48f3c39..f184fca0e 100644
--- a/numpy/core/src/multiarray/descriptor.c
+++ b/numpy/core/src/multiarray/descriptor.c
@@ -1217,15 +1217,9 @@ PyArray_DescrConverter(PyObject *obj, PyArray_Descr **at)
         else if (obj == (PyObject *)(&PyBool_Type)) {
             check_num = PyArray_BOOL;
         }
-#if defined(NPY_PY3K)
-        else if (obj == (PyObject *)(&PyBytes_Type)) {
-            check_num = PyArray_LONG;
-        }
-#else
         else if (obj == (PyObject *)(&PyBytes_Type)) {
             check_num = PyArray_STRING;
         }
-#endif
         else if (obj == (PyObject *)(&PyUnicode_Type)) {
             check_num = PyArray_UNICODE;
         }