2 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/tests/http/federation/test_matrix_federation_agent.py b/tests/http/federation/test_matrix_federation_agent.py
index e45980316b..a37bce08c3 100644
--- a/tests/http/federation/test_matrix_federation_agent.py
+++ b/tests/http/federation/test_matrix_federation_agent.py
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ class MatrixFederationAgentTests(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(response.code, 200)
 
         # Send the body
-        request.write('{ "a": 1 }'.encode("ascii"))
+        request.write(b'{ "a": 1 }')
         request.finish()
 
         self.reactor.pump((0.1,))
diff --git a/tests/http/test_fedclient.py b/tests/http/test_fedclient.py
index ed9a884d76..d9a8b077d3 100644
--- a/tests/http/test_fedclient.py
+++ b/tests/http/test_fedclient.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class FederationClientTests(HomeserverTestCase):
         self.assertNoResult(test_d)
 
         # Send it the HTTP response
-        res_json = '{ "a": 1 }'.encode("ascii")
+        res_json = b'{ "a": 1 }'
         protocol.dataReceived(
             b"HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n"
             b"Server: Fake\r\n"
@@ -339,10 +339,8 @@ class FederationClientTests(HomeserverTestCase):
 
         # Send it the HTTP response
         client.dataReceived(
-            (
-                b"HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Type: application/json\r\n"
-                b"Server: Fake\r\n\r\n"
-            )
+            b"HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Type: application/json\r\n"
+            b"Server: Fake\r\n\r\n"
         )
 
         # Push by enough to time it out