[tmp] re: gh-3210

datalad · Mar 8, 2019 · 1291017 · 1291017
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diff --git a/datalad/downloaders/base.py b/datalad/downloaders/base.py
@@ -540,11 +540,6 @@ def _fetch(self, url, cache=None, size=None, allow_redirects=True):
             #pbar.finish()
             downloaded_size = len(content)
 
-            # now that we know size based on encoded content, let's decode into string type
-            if PY3 and isinstance(content, binary_type):
-                content = content.decode()
-            # downloaded_size = os.stat(temp_filepath).st_size
-
             self._verify_download(url, downloaded_size, target_size, None, content=content)
 
         except (AccessDeniedError, IncompleteDownloadError) as e: