diff --git a/src/allmydata/test/cli/test_status.py b/src/allmydata/test/cli/test_status.py
index a3921b442..081afa4aa 100644
--- a/src/allmydata/test/cli/test_status.py
+++ b/src/allmydata/test/cli/test_status.py
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 Ported to Python 3.
 """
 
-from six import ensure_text
-
 import os
 import tempfile
 from io import BytesIO, StringIO
@@ -139,18 +137,18 @@ class CommandStatus(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_no_operations(self):
         values = [
-            StringIO(ensure_text(json.dumps({
+            StringIO(json.dumps({
                 "active": [],
                 "recent": [],
-            }))),
-            StringIO(ensure_text(json.dumps({
+            })),
+            StringIO(json.dumps({
                 "counters": {
                     "bytes_downloaded": 0,
                 },
                 "stats": {
                     "node.uptime": 0,
                 }
-            }))),
+            })),
         ]
         def do_http(*args, **kw):
             return values.pop(0)