--- a/tests/test-mq-qimport.t	Mon Feb 21 12:44:41 2022 -0700
+++ b/tests/test-mq-qimport.t	Mon Feb 21 12:46:27 2022 -0700
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
   $ cat > writelines.py <<EOF
   > import sys
-  > if sys.version_info[0] >= 3:
-  >     encode = lambda x: x.encode('utf-8').decode('unicode_escape').encode('utf-8')
-  > else:
-  >     encode = lambda x: x.decode('string_escape')
+  > encode = lambda x: x.encode('utf-8').decode('unicode_escape').encode('utf-8')
   > path = sys.argv[1]
   > args = sys.argv[2:]
   > assert (len(args) % 2) == 0