diff --git a/resources/lib/library_sync/sections.py b/resources/lib/library_sync/sections.py
index e538aaa4..77a65b3d 100644
--- a/resources/lib/library_sync/sections.py
+++ b/resources/lib/library_sync/sections.py
@@ -94,8 +94,7 @@ class Section(object):
                 "'section_type': '{self.section_type}', "
                 "'sync_to_kodi': {self.sync_to_kodi}, "
                 "'last_sync': {self.last_sync}"
-                "}}").format(self=self).encode('utf-8')
-    __str__ = __repr__
+                "}}").format(self=self)
 
     def __bool__(self):
         return (self.section_id is not None and
diff --git a/resources/lib/playlist_func.py b/resources/lib/playlist_func.py
index 3c792535..29e9f1cf 100644
--- a/resources/lib/playlist_func.py
+++ b/resources/lib/playlist_func.py
@@ -86,12 +86,8 @@ class Playqueue_Object(object):
                 "'repeat': {self.repeat}, "
                 "'kodi_playlist_playback': {self.kodi_playlist_playback}, "
                 "'pkc_edit': {self.pkc_edit}, ".format(self=self))
-        answ = answ.encode('utf-8')
         # Since list.__repr__ will return string, not unicode
-        return answ + b"'items': {self.items}}}".format(self=self)
-
-    def __str__(self):
-        return self.__repr__()
+        return answ + "'items': {self.items}}}".format(self=self)
 
     def is_pkc_clear(self):
         """
@@ -201,7 +197,7 @@ class PlaylistItem(object):
     def uri(self):
         return self._uri
 
-    def __unicode__(self):
+    def __repr__(self):
         return ("{{"
                 "'id': {self.id}, "
                 "'plex_id': {self.plex_id}, "
@@ -217,9 +213,6 @@ class PlaylistItem(object):
                 "'force_transcode': {self.force_transcode}, "
                 "'part': {self.part}".format(self=self))
 
-    def __repr__(self):
-        return self.__unicode__().encode('utf-8')
-
     def plex_stream_index(self, kodi_stream_index, stream_type):
         """
         Pass in the kodi_stream_index [int] in order to receive the Plex stream
diff --git a/resources/lib/playlists/common.py b/resources/lib/playlists/common.py
index 6de02688..1ebd4ab2 100644
--- a/resources/lib/playlists/common.py
+++ b/resources/lib/playlists/common.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class Playlist(object):
         self.kodi_type = None
         self.kodi_hash = None
 
-    def __unicode__(self):
+    def __repr__(self):
         return ("{{"
                 "'plex_id': {self.plex_id}, "
                 "'plex_name': '{self.plex_name}', "
@@ -75,12 +75,6 @@ class Playlist(object):
                 "'kodi_hash': '{self.kodi_hash}'"
                 "}}").format(self=self)
 
-    def __repr__(self):
-        return self.__unicode__().encode('utf-8')
-
-    def __str__(self):
-        return self.__repr__()
-
     def __bool__(self):
         return (self.plex_id and self.plex_updatedat and self.plex_name and
                 self._kodi_path and self.kodi_filename and self.kodi_type and
diff --git a/resources/lib/utils.py b/resources/lib/utils.py
index 7be43869..70da790d 100644
--- a/resources/lib/utils.py
+++ b/resources/lib/utils.py
@@ -267,14 +267,11 @@ class AttributeDict(dict):
     def __setattr__(self, attr, value):
         self[attr] = value
 
-    def __unicode__(self):
+    def __repr__(self):
         return '<{0}:{1}:{2}>'.format(self.__class__.__name__,
                                       self.id,
                                       self.get('title', 'None'))
 
-    def __repr__(self):
-        return self.__unicode__().encode('utf-8')
-
 
 def cast(func, value):
     """