remove bytes alias in multiprocessing
diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/managers.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/managers.py
index fb705cb..f4da209 100644
--- a/Lib/multiprocessing/managers.py
+++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/managers.py
@@ -33,15 +33,6 @@
     from pickle import PicklingError
 
 #
-#
-#
-
-try:
-    bytes
-except NameError:
-    bytes = str                  # XXX not needed in Py2.6 and Py3.0
-
-#
 # Register some things for pickling
 #
 
diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/process.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/process.py
index e1189cf..d5d3c40 100644
--- a/Lib/multiprocessing/process.py
+++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/process.py
@@ -26,11 +26,6 @@
 except OSError:
     ORIGINAL_DIR = None
 
-try:
-    bytes
-except NameError:
-    bytes = str                  # XXX not needed in Py2.6 and Py3.0
-
 #
 # Public functions
 #