diff --git a/test/files/array/uint8_varlen_deser.txt b/test/files/array/uint8_varlen_deser.txt
index fdd9318..3e7d728 100644
--- a/test/files/array/uint8_varlen_deser.txt
+++ b/test/files/array/uint8_varlen_deser.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,4 @@ end += 4
 (length,) = _struct_I.unpack(str[start:end])
 start = end
 end += length
-if python3:
-  data = str[start:end].decode('utf-8')
-else:
-  data = str[start:end]
+data = str[start:end]
diff --git a/test/files/array/uint8_varlen_deser_np.txt b/test/files/array/uint8_varlen_deser_np.txt
index fdd9318..3e7d728 100644
--- a/test/files/array/uint8_varlen_deser_np.txt
+++ b/test/files/array/uint8_varlen_deser_np.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,4 @@ end += 4
 (length,) = _struct_I.unpack(str[start:end])
 start = end
 end += length
-if python3:
-  data = str[start:end].decode('utf-8')
-else:
-  data = str[start:end]
+data = str[start:end]