diff --git a/Lib/io.py b/Lib/io.py
index 222197e..072b756 100644
--- a/Lib/io.py
+++ b/Lib/io.py
@@ -1114,14 +1114,6 @@
         self._decoder = decoder
         return orig_pos
 
-    def _simplify(self, u):
-        # XXX Hack until str/unicode unification: return str instead
-        # of unicode if it's all ASCII
-        try:
-            return str(u)
-        except UnicodeEncodeError:
-            return u
-
     def read(self, n=None):
         if n is None:
             n = -1
@@ -1131,7 +1123,7 @@
             res += decoder.decode(self.buffer.read(), True)
             self._pending = ""
             self._snapshot = None
-            return self._simplify(res)
+            return res.replace("\r\n", "\n")
         else:
             while len(res) < n:
                 readahead, pending = self._read_chunk()
@@ -1139,7 +1131,7 @@
                 if not readahead:
                     break
             self._pending = res[n:]
-            return self._simplify(res[:n])
+            return res[:n].replace("\r\n", "\n")
 
     def __next__(self):
         self._telling = False
@@ -1155,9 +1147,9 @@
             # XXX Hack to support limit argument, for backwards compatibility
             line = self.readline()
             if len(line) <= limit:
-                return self._simplify(line)
+                return line
             line, self._pending = line[:limit], line[limit:] + self._pending
-            return self._simplify(line)
+            return line
 
         line = self._pending
         start = 0
@@ -1210,9 +1202,9 @@
         # XXX Update self.newlines here if we want to support that
 
         if self._fix_newlines and ending not in ("\n", ""):
-            return self._simplify(line[:endpos] + "\n")
+            return line[:endpos] + "\n"
         else:
-            return self._simplify(line[:nextpos])
+            return line[:nextpos]
 
 
 class StringIO(TextIOWrapper):
diff --git a/Lib/subprocess.py b/Lib/subprocess.py
index fe64cc0..d46aa55 100644
--- a/Lib/subprocess.py
+++ b/Lib/subprocess.py
@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@
 import sys
 mswindows = (sys.platform == "win32")
 
+import io
 import os
 import traceback
 
@@ -542,23 +543,23 @@
         if bufsize == 0:
             bufsize = 1  # Nearly unbuffered (XXX for now)
         if p2cwrite is not None:
-            self.stdin = os.fdopen(p2cwrite, 'wb', bufsize)
+            self.stdin = io.open(p2cwrite, 'wb', bufsize)
+            if self.universal_newlines:
+                self.stdin = io.TextIOWrapper(self.stdin)
         if c2pread is not None:
+            self.stdout = io.open(c2pread, 'rb', bufsize)
             if universal_newlines:
-                self.stdout = os.fdopen(c2pread, 'rU', bufsize)
-            else:
-                self.stdout = os.fdopen(c2pread, 'rb', bufsize)
+                self.stdout = io.TextIOWrapper(self.stdout)
         if errread is not None:
+            self.stderr = io.open(errread, 'rb', bufsize)
             if universal_newlines:
-                self.stderr = os.fdopen(errread, 'rU', bufsize)
-            else:
-                self.stderr = os.fdopen(errread, 'rb', bufsize)
+                self.stderr = io.TextIOWrapper(self.stderr)
 
 
     def _translate_newlines(self, data):
         data = data.replace("\r\n", "\n")
         data = data.replace("\r", "\n")
-        return data
+        return str(data)
 
 
     def __del__(self, sys=sys):
@@ -833,9 +834,9 @@
             # impossible to combine with select (unless forcing no
             # buffering).
             if self.universal_newlines:
-                if stdout:
+                if stdout is not None:
                     stdout = self._translate_newlines(stdout)
-                if stderr:
+                if stderr is not None:
                     stderr = self._translate_newlines(stderr)
 
             self.wait()
@@ -1009,7 +1010,6 @@
             if data:
                 os.waitpid(self.pid, 0)
                 child_exception = pickle.loads(data)
-                print("exc:", child_exception)
                 raise child_exception
 
 
@@ -1108,9 +1108,9 @@
             # impossible to combine with select (unless forcing no
             # buffering).
             if self.universal_newlines:
-                if stdout:
+                if stdout is not None:
                     stdout = self._translate_newlines(stdout)
-                if stderr:
+                if stderr is not None:
                     stderr = self._translate_newlines(stderr)
 
             self.wait()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py b/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
index f87fc91..0592787 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
         p = subprocess.Popen([sys.executable, "-c",
                           'import sys; sys.stdout.write("orange")'],
                          stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
-        self.assertEqual(p.stdout.read(), "orange")
+        self.assertEqual(p.stdout.read(), b"orange")
 
     def test_stdout_filedes(self):
         # stdout is set to open file descriptor
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
                          stdout=tf)
         p.wait()
         tf.seek(0)
-        self.assertEqual(tf.read(), "orange")
+        self.assertEqual(tf.read(), b"orange")
 
     def test_stderr_pipe(self):
         # stderr redirection
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@
                           'sys.stdout.write(os.getenv("FRUIT"))'],
                          stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                          env=newenv)
-        self.assertEqual(p.stdout.read(), "orange")
+        self.assertEqual(p.stdout.read(), b"orange")
 
     def test_communicate_stdin(self):
         p = subprocess.Popen([sys.executable, "-c",
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@
                               'import sys; sys.stdout.write("pineapple")'],
                              stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
         (stdout, stderr) = p.communicate()
-        self.assertEqual(stdout, "pineapple")
+        self.assertEqual(stdout, b"pineapple")
         self.assertEqual(stderr, None)
 
     def test_communicate_stderr(self):
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@
                           'import sys,os;' + SETBINARY +
                           'sys.stdout.write("line1\\n");'
                           'sys.stdout.flush();'
-                          'sys.stdout.write("line2\\r");'
+                          'sys.stdout.write("line2\\n");'
                           'sys.stdout.flush();'
                           'sys.stdout.write("line3\\r\\n");'
                           'sys.stdout.flush();'
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@
                           'import sys,os;' + SETBINARY +
                           'sys.stdout.write("line1\\n");'
                           'sys.stdout.flush();'
-                          'sys.stdout.write("line2\\r");'
+                          'sys.stdout.write("line2\\n");'
                           'sys.stdout.flush();'
                           'sys.stdout.write("line3\\r\\n");'
                           'sys.stdout.flush();'
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@
                          stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
                          universal_newlines=1)
         (stdout, stderr) = p.communicate()
-        self.assertEqual(stdout, b"line1\nline2\nline3\nline4\nline5\nline6")
+        self.assertEqual(stdout, "line1\nline2\nline3\nline4\nline5\nline6")
 
     def test_no_leaking(self):
         # Make sure we leak no resources
@@ -460,10 +460,10 @@
     #
     if not mswindows:
         def test_exceptions(self):
-            # catched & re-raised exceptions
+            # caught & re-raised exceptions
             try:
                 p = subprocess.Popen([sys.executable, "-c", ""],
-                                 cwd="/this/path/does/not/exist")
+                                     cwd="/this/path/does/not/exist")
             except OSError as e:
                 # The attribute child_traceback should contain "os.chdir"
                 # somewhere.
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@
                               'sys.stdout.write(os.getenv("FRUIT"))'],
                              stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                              preexec_fn=lambda: os.putenv("FRUIT", "apple"))
-            self.assertEqual(p.stdout.read(), "apple")
+            self.assertEqual(p.stdout.read(), b"apple")
 
         def test_args_string(self):
             # args is a string
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@
             p = subprocess.Popen(["echo $FRUIT"], shell=1,
                                  stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                                  env=newenv)
-            self.assertEqual(p.stdout.read().strip(), "apple")
+            self.assertEqual(p.stdout.read().strip(b" \t\r\n\f"), b"apple")
 
         def test_shell_string(self):
             # Run command through the shell (string)
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@
             p = subprocess.Popen("echo $FRUIT", shell=1,
                                  stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                                  env=newenv)
-            self.assertEqual(p.stdout.read().strip(), "apple")
+            self.assertEqual(p.stdout.read().strip(b" \t\r\n\f"), b"apple")
 
         def test_call_string(self):
             # call() function with string argument on UNIX