Try smart_text from Django as a replacement for six.u

bakery/management/commands/build.py

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import os
-import six
 import sys
 import gzip
 import logging
@@ -19,6 +18,7 @@
 except ImportError:
     # Starting with Django 2.0, django.core.urlresolvers does not exist anymore
     from django.urls import get_callable
+from django.utils.encoding import smart_text
 from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -116,9 +116,9 @@ def set_options(self, *args, **options):
             self.build_dir = settings.BUILD_DIR
 
         # Get the datatypes right so fs will be happy
-        self.build_dir = six.u(self.build_dir)
-        self.static_root = six.u(settings.STATIC_ROOT)
-        self.media_root = settings.MEDIA_ROOT
+        self.build_dir = smart_text(self.build_dir)
+        self.static_root = smart_text(settings.STATIC_ROOT)
+        self.media_root = smart_text(settings.MEDIA_ROOT)
 
         # Connect the BUILD_DIR with our filesystem backend
         self.fs = apps.get_app_config("bakery").filesystem

bakery/views/base.py

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 from fs import path
 from django.apps import apps
 from django.conf import settings
+from django.utils.encoding import smart_text
 from bakery import DEFAULT_GZIP_CONTENT_TYPES
 from django.test.client import RequestFactory
 from bakery.management.commands import get_s3_client
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ def write_file(self, path, html):
         Writes out the provided HTML to the provided path.
         """
         logger.debug("Building HTML file to %s" % path)
-        with self.fs.open(six.u(path), 'wb') as outfile:
+        with self.fs.open(smart_text(path), 'wb') as outfile:
             outfile.write(six.binary_type(html))
             outfile.close()