diff --git a/Objects/abstract.c b/Objects/abstract.c
index 5a34b96..645fd95 100644
--- a/Objects/abstract.c
+++ b/Objects/abstract.c
@@ -931,13 +931,11 @@
 		 */
 		return long_from_string(PyString_AS_STRING(o),
 					PyString_GET_SIZE(o));
-#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
 	if (PyUnicode_Check(o))
 		/* The above check is done in PyLong_FromUnicode(). */
 		return PyLong_FromUnicode(PyUnicode_AS_UNICODE(o),
 					  PyUnicode_GET_SIZE(o),
 					  10);
-#endif
 	if (!PyObject_AsCharBuffer(o, &buffer, &buffer_len))
 		return long_from_string(buffer, buffer_len);
 
diff --git a/Objects/complexobject.c b/Objects/complexobject.c
index 82dd7c1..b65a982 100644
--- a/Objects/complexobject.c
+++ b/Objects/complexobject.c
@@ -696,16 +696,13 @@
 	int sw_error=0;
 	int sign;
 	char buffer[256]; /* For errors */
-#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
 	char s_buffer[256];
-#endif
 	Py_ssize_t len;
 
 	if (PyString_Check(v)) {
 		s = PyString_AS_STRING(v);
 		len = PyString_GET_SIZE(v);
 	}
-#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
 	else if (PyUnicode_Check(v)) {
 		if (PyUnicode_GET_SIZE(v) >= (Py_ssize_t)sizeof(s_buffer)) {
 			PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
@@ -720,7 +717,6 @@
 		s = s_buffer;
 		len = strlen(s);
 	}
-#endif
 	else if (PyObject_AsCharBuffer(v, &s, &len)) {
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
 				"complex() arg is not a string");
diff --git a/Objects/exceptions.c b/Objects/exceptions.c
index 2b05cc5..e30e9df 100644
--- a/Objects/exceptions.c
+++ b/Objects/exceptions.c
@@ -1183,7 +1183,6 @@
 SimpleExtendsException(PyExc_ValueError, UnicodeError,
                        "Unicode related error.");
 
-#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
 static int
 get_int(PyObject *attr, Py_ssize_t *value, const char *name)
 {
@@ -1788,7 +1787,6 @@
     return PyObject_CallFunction(PyExc_UnicodeTranslateError, "u#nns",
                                  object, length, start, end, reason);
 }
-#endif
 
 
 /*
@@ -1989,11 +1987,9 @@
     PRE_INIT(KeyError)
     PRE_INIT(ValueError)
     PRE_INIT(UnicodeError)
-#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
     PRE_INIT(UnicodeEncodeError)
     PRE_INIT(UnicodeDecodeError)
     PRE_INIT(UnicodeTranslateError)
-#endif
     PRE_INIT(AssertionError)
     PRE_INIT(ArithmeticError)
     PRE_INIT(FloatingPointError)
@@ -2051,11 +2047,9 @@
     POST_INIT(KeyError)
     POST_INIT(ValueError)
     POST_INIT(UnicodeError)
-#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
     POST_INIT(UnicodeEncodeError)
     POST_INIT(UnicodeDecodeError)
     POST_INIT(UnicodeTranslateError)
-#endif
     POST_INIT(AssertionError)
     POST_INIT(ArithmeticError)
     POST_INIT(FloatingPointError)
diff --git a/Objects/fileobject.c b/Objects/fileobject.c
index d12e132..50b3cd6 100644
--- a/Objects/fileobject.c
+++ b/Objects/fileobject.c
@@ -412,7 +412,6 @@
 file_repr(PyFileObject *f)
 {
 	if (PyUnicode_Check(f->f_name)) {
-#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
 		PyObject *ret = NULL;
 		PyObject *name = PyUnicode_AsUnicodeEscapeString(f->f_name);
 		const char *name_str = name ? PyString_AsString(name) : "?";
@@ -423,7 +422,6 @@
 				   f);
 		Py_XDECREF(name);
 		return ret;
-#endif
 	} else {
 		return PyString_FromFormat("<%s file '%s', mode '%s' at %p>",
 				   f->f_fp == NULL ? "closed" : "open",
@@ -1337,7 +1335,6 @@
 			}
 		}
 	}
-#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
 	if (n < 0 && result != NULL && PyUnicode_Check(result)) {
 		Py_UNICODE *s = PyUnicode_AS_UNICODE(result);
 		Py_ssize_t len = PyUnicode_GET_SIZE(result);
@@ -1358,7 +1355,6 @@
 			}
 		}
 	}
-#endif
 	return result;
 }
 
@@ -2124,15 +2120,12 @@
 	}
 	else if (PyFile_Check(f)) {
 		FILE *fp = PyFile_AsFile(f);
-#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
 		PyObject *enc = ((PyFileObject*)f)->f_encoding;
 		int result;
-#endif
 		if (fp == NULL) {
 			err_closed();
 			return -1;
 		}
-#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
                 if ((flags & Py_PRINT_RAW) &&
 		    PyUnicode_Check(v) && enc != Py_None) {
 			char *cenc = PyString_AS_STRING(enc);
@@ -2146,9 +2139,6 @@
 		result = PyObject_Print(value, fp, flags);
 		Py_DECREF(value);
 		return result;
-#else
-		return PyObject_Print(v, fp, flags);
-#endif
 	}
 	writer = PyObject_GetAttrString(f, "write");
 	if (writer == NULL)
diff --git a/Objects/floatobject.c b/Objects/floatobject.c
index 9e6db54..fde2380 100644
--- a/Objects/floatobject.c
+++ b/Objects/floatobject.c
@@ -68,16 +68,13 @@
 	const char *s, *last, *end;
 	double x;
 	char buffer[256]; /* for errors */
-#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
 	char s_buffer[256]; /* for objects convertible to a char buffer */
-#endif
 	Py_ssize_t len;
 
 	if (PyString_Check(v)) {
 		s = PyString_AS_STRING(v);
 		len = PyString_GET_SIZE(v);
 	}
-#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
 	else if (PyUnicode_Check(v)) {
 		if (PyUnicode_GET_SIZE(v) >= (Py_ssize_t)sizeof(s_buffer)) {
 			PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
@@ -92,7 +89,6 @@
 		s = s_buffer;
 		len = strlen(s);
 	}
-#endif
 	else if (PyObject_AsCharBuffer(v, &s, &len)) {
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
 				"float() argument must be a string or a number");
diff --git a/Objects/intobject.c b/Objects/intobject.c
index 932b616..0aae6ac 100644
--- a/Objects/intobject.c
+++ b/Objects/intobject.c
@@ -387,7 +387,6 @@
 	return PyInt_FromLong(x);
 }
 
-#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
 PyObject *
 PyInt_FromUnicode(Py_UNICODE *s, Py_ssize_t length, int base)
 {
@@ -405,7 +404,6 @@
 	PyMem_FREE(buffer);
 	return result;
 }
-#endif
 
 /* Methods */
 
@@ -986,12 +984,10 @@
 		}
 		return PyInt_FromString(string, NULL, base);
 	}
-#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
 	if (PyUnicode_Check(x))
 		return PyInt_FromUnicode(PyUnicode_AS_UNICODE(x),
 					 PyUnicode_GET_SIZE(x),
 					 base);
-#endif
 	PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
 			"int() can't convert non-string with explicit base");
 	return NULL;
diff --git a/Objects/longobject.c b/Objects/longobject.c
index 95abfdd..61e5bed 100644
--- a/Objects/longobject.c
+++ b/Objects/longobject.c
@@ -1939,7 +1939,6 @@
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
 PyObject *
 PyLong_FromUnicode(Py_UNICODE *u, Py_ssize_t length, int base)
 {
@@ -1957,7 +1956,6 @@
 	PyMem_FREE(buffer);
 	return result;
 }
-#endif
 
 /* forward */
 static PyLongObject *x_divrem
@@ -3538,12 +3536,10 @@
 		}
 		return PyLong_FromString(PyString_AS_STRING(x), NULL, base);
 	}
-#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
 	else if (PyUnicode_Check(x))
 		return PyLong_FromUnicode(PyUnicode_AS_UNICODE(x),
 					  PyUnicode_GET_SIZE(x),
 					  base);
-#endif
 	else {
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
 			"int() can't convert non-string with explicit base");
diff --git a/Objects/object.c b/Objects/object.c
index 0bf0c60..ada1d1e 100644
--- a/Objects/object.c
+++ b/Objects/object.c
@@ -361,7 +361,6 @@
 		res = (*v->ob_type->tp_repr)(v);
 		if (res == NULL)
 			return NULL;
-#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
 		if (PyUnicode_Check(res)) {
 			PyObject* str;
 			str = PyUnicode_AsEncodedString(res, NULL, NULL);
@@ -371,7 +370,6 @@
 			else
 				return NULL;
 		}
-#endif
 		if (!PyString_Check(res)) {
 			PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
 				     "__repr__ returned non-string (type %.200s)",
@@ -394,12 +392,10 @@
 		Py_INCREF(v);
 		return v;
 	}
-#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
 	if (PyUnicode_CheckExact(v)) {
 		Py_INCREF(v);
 		return v;
 	}
-#endif
 	if (v->ob_type->tp_str == NULL)
 		return PyObject_Repr(v);
 
@@ -407,9 +403,7 @@
 	if (res == NULL)
 		return NULL;
 	type_ok = PyString_Check(res);
-#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
 	type_ok = type_ok || PyUnicode_Check(res);
-#endif
 	if (!type_ok) {
 		PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
 			     "__str__ returned non-string (type %.200s)",
@@ -426,7 +420,6 @@
 	PyObject *res = _PyObject_Str(v);
 	if (res == NULL)
 		return NULL;
-#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
 	if (PyUnicode_Check(res)) {
 		PyObject* str;
 		str = PyUnicode_AsEncodedString(res, NULL, NULL);
@@ -436,12 +429,10 @@
 		else
 		    	return NULL;
 	}
-#endif
 	assert(PyString_Check(res));
 	return res;
 }
 
-#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
 PyObject *
 PyObject_Unicode(PyObject *v)
 {
@@ -502,7 +493,6 @@
 	}
 	return res;
 }
-#endif
 
 
 /* The new comparison philosophy is: we completely separate three-way
@@ -895,7 +885,6 @@
 	PyTypeObject *tp = v->ob_type;
 
 	if (!PyString_Check(name)) {
-#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
 		/* The Unicode to string conversion is done here because the
 		   existing tp_getattro slots expect a string object as name
 		   and we wouldn't want to break those. */
@@ -905,7 +894,6 @@
 				return NULL;
 		}
 		else
-#endif
 		{
 			PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
 				     "attribute name must be string, not '%.200s'",
@@ -942,7 +930,6 @@
 	int err;
 
 	if (!PyString_Check(name)){
-#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
 		/* The Unicode to string conversion is done here because the
 		   existing tp_setattro slots expect a string object as name
 		   and we wouldn't want to break those. */
@@ -952,7 +939,6 @@
 				return -1;
 		}
 		else
-#endif
 		{
 			PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
 				     "attribute name must be string, not '%.200s'",
@@ -1039,7 +1025,6 @@
 	PyObject **dictptr;
 
 	if (!PyString_Check(name)){
-#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
 		/* The Unicode to string conversion is done here because the
 		   existing tp_setattro slots expect a string object as name
 		   and we wouldn't want to break those. */
@@ -1049,7 +1034,6 @@
 				return NULL;
 		}
 		else
-#endif
 		{
 			PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
 				     "attribute name must be string, not '%.200s'",
@@ -1157,7 +1141,6 @@
 	int res = -1;
 
 	if (!PyString_Check(name)){
-#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
 		/* The Unicode to string conversion is done here because the
 		   existing tp_setattro slots expect a string object as name
 		   and we wouldn't want to break those. */
@@ -1167,7 +1150,6 @@
 				return -1;
 		}
 		else
-#endif
 		{
 			PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
 				     "attribute name must be string, not '%.200s'",
diff --git a/Objects/stringobject.c b/Objects/stringobject.c
index 68bf703..248070f 100644
--- a/Objects/stringobject.c
+++ b/Objects/stringobject.c
@@ -379,12 +379,7 @@
     }
 
     if (encoding == NULL) {
-#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
 	encoding = PyUnicode_GetDefaultEncoding();
-#else
-	PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "no encoding specified");
-	goto onError;
-#endif
     }
 
     /* Decode via the codec registry */
@@ -408,7 +403,6 @@
     if (v == NULL)
         goto onError;
 
-#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
     /* Convert Unicode to a string using the default encoding */
     if (PyUnicode_Check(v)) {
 	PyObject *temp = v;
@@ -417,7 +411,6 @@
 	if (v == NULL)
 	    goto onError;
     }
-#endif
     if (!PyString_Check(v)) {
         PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
                      "decoder did not return a string object (type=%.400s)",
@@ -459,12 +452,7 @@
     }
 
     if (encoding == NULL) {
-#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
 	encoding = PyUnicode_GetDefaultEncoding();
-#else
-	PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "no encoding specified");
-	goto onError;
-#endif
     }
 
     /* Encode via the codec registry */
@@ -488,7 +476,6 @@
     if (v == NULL)
         goto onError;
 
-#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
     /* Convert Unicode to a string using the default encoding */
     if (PyUnicode_Check(v)) {
 	PyObject *temp = v;
@@ -497,7 +484,6 @@
 	if (v == NULL)
 	    goto onError;
     }
-#endif
     if (!PyString_Check(v)) {
         PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
                      "encoder did not return a string object (type=%.400s)",
@@ -560,7 +546,6 @@
 	while (s < end) {
 		if (*s != '\\') {
 		  non_esc:
-#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
 			if (recode_encoding && (*s & 0x80)) {
 				PyObject *u, *w;
 				char *r;
@@ -589,9 +574,6 @@
 			} else {
 				*p++ = *s++;
 			}
-#else
-			*p++ = *s++;
-#endif
 			continue;
 		}
 		s++;
@@ -663,17 +645,6 @@
 					     errors);
 				goto failed;
 			}
-#ifndef Py_USING_UNICODE
-		case 'u':
-		case 'U':
-		case 'N':
-			if (unicode) {
-				PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
-					  "Unicode escapes not legal "
-					  "when Unicode disabled");
-				goto failed;
-			}
-#endif
 		default:
 			*p++ = '\\';
 			s--;
@@ -739,17 +710,15 @@
 	}
 
 	if (!PyString_Check(obj)) {
-#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
 		if (PyUnicode_Check(obj)) {
 			obj = _PyUnicode_AsDefaultEncodedString(obj, NULL);
 			if (obj == NULL)
 				return -1;
 		}
 		else
-#endif
 		{
 			PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
-				     "expected string or Unicode object, "
+				     "expected str object, "
 				     "%.200s found", obj->ob_type->tp_name);
 			return -1;
 		}
@@ -944,10 +913,8 @@
 	register Py_ssize_t size;
 	register PyStringObject *op;
 	if (!PyString_Check(bb)) {
-#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
 		if (PyUnicode_Check(bb))
 		    return PyUnicode_Concat((PyObject *)a, bb);
-#endif
                 if (PyBytes_Check(bb))
 			return PyBytes_Concat((PyObject *)a, bb);
 		PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
@@ -1068,10 +1035,8 @@
 string_contains(PyObject *str_obj, PyObject *sub_obj)
 {
 	if (!PyString_CheckExact(sub_obj)) {
-#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
 		if (PyUnicode_Check(sub_obj))
 			return PyUnicode_Contains(str_obj, sub_obj);
-#endif
 		if (!PyString_Check(sub_obj)) {
 			PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
 			    "'in <string>' requires string as left operand, "
@@ -1477,10 +1442,8 @@
 		sub = PyString_AS_STRING(subobj);
 		n = PyString_GET_SIZE(subobj);
 	}
-#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
 	else if (PyUnicode_Check(subobj))
 		return PyUnicode_Split((PyObject *)self, subobj, maxsplit);
-#endif
 	else if (PyObject_AsCharBuffer(subobj, &sub, &n))
 		return NULL;
 
@@ -1543,10 +1506,8 @@
 		sep = PyString_AS_STRING(sep_obj);
 		sep_len = PyString_GET_SIZE(sep_obj);
 	}
-#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
 	else if (PyUnicode_Check(sep_obj))
 		return PyUnicode_Partition((PyObject *) self, sep_obj);
-#endif
 	else if (PyObject_AsCharBuffer(sep_obj, &sep, &sep_len))
 		return NULL;
 
@@ -1574,10 +1535,8 @@
 		sep = PyString_AS_STRING(sep_obj);
 		sep_len = PyString_GET_SIZE(sep_obj);
 	}
-#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
 	else if (PyUnicode_Check(sep_obj))
 		return PyUnicode_Partition((PyObject *) self, sep_obj);
-#endif
 	else if (PyObject_AsCharBuffer(sep_obj, &sep, &sep_len))
 		return NULL;
 
@@ -1684,10 +1643,8 @@
 		sub = PyString_AS_STRING(subobj);
 		n = PyString_GET_SIZE(subobj);
 	}
-#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
 	else if (PyUnicode_Check(subobj))
 		return PyUnicode_RSplit((PyObject *)self, subobj, maxsplit);
-#endif
 	else if (PyObject_AsCharBuffer(subobj, &sub, &n))
 		return NULL;
 
@@ -1774,7 +1731,6 @@
 		const size_t old_sz = sz;
 		item = PySequence_Fast_GET_ITEM(seq, i);
 		if (!PyString_Check(item)){
-#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
 			if (PyUnicode_Check(item)) {
 				/* Defer to Unicode join.
 				 * CAUTION:  There's no gurantee that the
@@ -1786,7 +1742,6 @@
 				Py_DECREF(seq);
 				return result;
 			}
-#endif
 			PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
 				     "sequence item %zd: expected string,"
 				     " %.80s found",
@@ -1868,11 +1823,9 @@
 		sub = PyString_AS_STRING(subobj);
 		sub_len = PyString_GET_SIZE(subobj);
 	}
-#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
 	else if (PyUnicode_Check(subobj))
 		return PyUnicode_Find(
 			(PyObject *)self, subobj, start, end, dir);
-#endif
 	else if (PyObject_AsCharBuffer(subobj, &sub, &sub_len))
 		/* XXX - the "expected a character buffer object" is pretty
 		   confusing for a non-expert.  remap to something else ? */
@@ -2041,7 +1994,6 @@
 	if (sep != NULL && sep != Py_None) {
 		if (PyString_Check(sep))
 			return do_xstrip(self, striptype, sep);
-#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
 		else if (PyUnicode_Check(sep)) {
 			PyObject *uniself = PyUnicode_FromObject((PyObject *)self);
 			PyObject *res;
@@ -2052,13 +2004,8 @@
 			Py_DECREF(uniself);
 			return res;
 		}
-#endif
 		PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
-#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
-			     "%s arg must be None, str or unicode",
-#else
 			     "%s arg must be None or str",
-#endif
 			     STRIPNAME(striptype));
 		return NULL;
 	}
@@ -2068,7 +2015,7 @@
 
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(strip__doc__,
-"S.strip([chars]) -> string or unicode\n\
+"S.strip([chars]) -> str\n\
 \n\
 Return a copy of the string S with leading and trailing\n\
 whitespace removed.\n\
@@ -2086,7 +2033,7 @@
 
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(lstrip__doc__,
-"S.lstrip([chars]) -> string or unicode\n\
+"S.lstrip([chars]) -> str\n\
 \n\
 Return a copy of the string S with leading whitespace removed.\n\
 If chars is given and not None, remove characters in chars instead.\n\
@@ -2103,7 +2050,7 @@
 
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(rstrip__doc__,
-"S.rstrip([chars]) -> string or unicode\n\
+"S.rstrip([chars]) -> str\n\
 \n\
 Return a copy of the string S with trailing whitespace removed.\n\
 If chars is given and not None, remove characters in chars instead.\n\
@@ -2281,7 +2228,6 @@
 		sub = PyString_AS_STRING(sub_obj);
 		sub_len = PyString_GET_SIZE(sub_obj);
 	}
-#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
 	else if (PyUnicode_Check(sub_obj)) {
 		Py_ssize_t count;
 		count = PyUnicode_Count((PyObject *)self, sub_obj, start, end);
@@ -2290,7 +2236,6 @@
 		else
 		    	return PyInt_FromSsize_t(count);
 	}
-#endif
 	else if (PyObject_AsCharBuffer(sub_obj, &sub, &sub_len))
 		return NULL;
 
@@ -2367,7 +2312,6 @@
 		table = NULL;
 		tablen = 256;
 	}
-#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
 	else if (PyUnicode_Check(tableobj)) {
 		/* Unicode .translate() does not support the deletechars
 		   parameter; instead a mapping to None will cause characters
@@ -2379,7 +2323,6 @@
 		}
 		return PyUnicode_Translate((PyObject *)self, tableobj, NULL);
 	}
-#endif
 	else if (PyObject_AsCharBuffer(tableobj, &table, &tablen))
 		return NULL;
 
@@ -2394,13 +2337,11 @@
 			del_table = PyString_AS_STRING(delobj);
 			dellen = PyString_GET_SIZE(delobj);
 		}
-#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
 		else if (PyUnicode_Check(delobj)) {
 			PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
 			"deletions are implemented differently for unicode");
 			return NULL;
 		}
-#endif
 		else if (PyObject_AsCharBuffer(delobj, &del_table, &dellen))
 			return NULL;
 	}
@@ -3069,11 +3010,9 @@
 		from_s = PyString_AS_STRING(from);
 		from_len = PyString_GET_SIZE(from);
 	}
-#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
 	if (PyUnicode_Check(from))
 		return PyUnicode_Replace((PyObject *)self,
 					 from, to, count);
-#endif
 	else if (PyObject_AsCharBuffer(from, &from_s, &from_len))
 		return NULL;
 
@@ -3081,11 +3020,9 @@
 		to_s = PyString_AS_STRING(to);
 		to_len = PyString_GET_SIZE(to);
 	}
-#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
 	else if (PyUnicode_Check(to))
 		return PyUnicode_Replace((PyObject *)self,
 					 from, to, count);
-#endif
 	else if (PyObject_AsCharBuffer(to, &to_s, &to_len))
 		return NULL;
 
@@ -3113,11 +3050,9 @@
 		sub = PyString_AS_STRING(substr);
 		slen = PyString_GET_SIZE(substr);
 	}
-#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
 	else if (PyUnicode_Check(substr))
 		return PyUnicode_Tailmatch((PyObject *)self,
 					   substr, start, end, direction);
-#endif
 	else if (PyObject_AsCharBuffer(substr, &sub, &slen))
 		return -1;
 	str = PyString_AS_STRING(self);
@@ -4009,7 +3944,7 @@
 PyTypeObject PyString_Type = {
 	PyObject_HEAD_INIT(&PyType_Type)
 	0,
-	"str8",
+	"str",
 	sizeof(PyStringObject),
 	sizeof(char),
  	string_dealloc, 			/* tp_dealloc */
@@ -4458,9 +4393,7 @@
 	Py_ssize_t reslen, rescnt, fmtcnt;
 	int args_owned = 0;
 	PyObject *result, *orig_args;
-#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
 	PyObject *v, *w;
-#endif
 	PyObject *dict = NULL;
 	if (format == NULL || !PyString_Check(format) || args == NULL) {
 		PyErr_BadInternalCall();
@@ -4512,10 +4445,8 @@
 			Py_ssize_t len;
 			char formatbuf[FORMATBUFLEN];
 			     /* For format{float,int,char}() */
-#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
 			char *fmt_start = fmt;
 			Py_ssize_t argidx_start = argidx;
-#endif
 
 			fmt++;
 			if (*fmt == '(') {
@@ -4669,22 +4600,18 @@
 				len = 1;
 				break;
 			case 's':
-#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
 				if (PyUnicode_Check(v)) {
 					fmt = fmt_start;
 					argidx = argidx_start;
 					goto unicode;
 				}
-#endif
 				temp = _PyObject_Str(v);
-#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
 				if (temp != NULL && PyUnicode_Check(temp)) {
 					Py_DECREF(temp);
 					fmt = fmt_start;
 					argidx = argidx_start;
 					goto unicode;
 				}
-#endif
 				/* Fall through */
 			case 'r':
 				if (c == 'r')
@@ -4749,13 +4676,11 @@
 					fill = '0';
 				break;
 			case 'c':
-#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
 				if (PyUnicode_Check(v)) {
 					fmt = fmt_start;
 					argidx = argidx_start;
 					goto unicode;
 				}
-#endif
 				pbuf = formatbuf;
 				len = formatchar(pbuf, sizeof(formatbuf), v);
 				if (len < 0)
@@ -4864,7 +4789,6 @@
 	_PyString_Resize(&result, reslen - rescnt);
 	return result;
 
-#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
  unicode:
 	if (args_owned) {
 		Py_DECREF(args);
@@ -4909,7 +4833,6 @@
 	Py_DECREF(v);
 	Py_DECREF(args);
 	return w;
-#endif /* Py_USING_UNICODE */
 
  error:
 	Py_DECREF(result);
diff --git a/Objects/typeobject.c b/Objects/typeobject.c
index bf77bea..f743196 100644
--- a/Objects/typeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/typeobject.c
@@ -1505,7 +1505,6 @@
 	return 1;
 }
 
-#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
 /* Replace Unicode objects in slots.  */
 
 static PyObject *
@@ -1539,7 +1538,6 @@
 	}
 	return slots;
 }
-#endif
 
 /* Forward */
 static int
@@ -1713,7 +1711,6 @@
 			return NULL;
 		}
 
-#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
 		tmp = _unicode_to_string(slots, nslots);
 		if (tmp == NULL)
 			goto bad_slots;
@@ -1721,7 +1718,6 @@
 			Py_DECREF(slots);
 			slots = tmp;
 		}
-#endif
 		/* Check for valid slot names and two special cases */
 		for (i = 0; i < nslots; i++) {
 			PyObject *tmp = PyTuple_GET_ITEM(slots, i);