str fix

setup.py

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ def run(self):
 
 setup(
     name='aino-utkik',
-    version='0.9.0',
+    version='0.9.1',
     description='Small, clean code with a lazy view dispatcher and class based views for Django.',
     long_description=open('README.rst').read(),
     author='Mikko Hellsing',

utkik/utils.py

@@ -70,20 +70,13 @@ def import_string(import_name, silent=False):
                    `None` is returned instead.
     :return: imported object
     """
-    # force the import name to automatically convert to strings
-    if isinstance(import_name, unicode):
-        import_name = str(import_name)
     try:
         if ':' in import_name:
             module, obj = import_name.split(':', 1)
         elif '.' in import_name:
             module, obj = import_name.rsplit('.', 1)
         else:
             return __import__(import_name)
-        # __import__ is not able to handle unicode strings in the fromlist
-        # if the module is a package
-        if isinstance(obj, unicode):
-            obj = obj.encode('utf-8')
         try:
             return getattr(__import__(module, None, None, [obj]), obj)
         except (ImportError, AttributeError):