Remove str_text from fileutil.py, strformat.py and url.py

linkcheck/fileutil.py

@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import tempfile
 import importlib
 from distutils.spawn import find_executable
 from functools import lru_cache
-from builtins import str as str_text
 
 
 def has_module(name, without_error=True):
@@ -71,7 +70,7 @@ else:
 
 def path_safe(path):
     """Ensure path string is compatible with the platform file system encoding."""
-    if isinstance(path, str_text) and not os.path.supports_unicode_filenames:
+    if isinstance(path, str) and not os.path.supports_unicode_filenames:
         path = path.encode(FSCODING, "replace").decode(FSCODING)
     return path
 

linkcheck/strformat.py

@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ import locale
 import pydoc
 from . import i18n
 
-from builtins import str as str_text
-
 
 def unicode_safe(s, encoding=i18n.default_encoding, errors='replace'):
     """Get unicode string without raising encoding errors. Unknown
@@ -68,7 +66,7 @@ def ascii_safe(s):
     @return: encoded ASCII version of s, or None if s was None
     @rtype: string
     """
-    if isinstance(s, str_text):
+    if isinstance(s, str):
         s = s.encode('ascii', 'ignore').decode('ascii')
     return s
 

linkcheck/url.py

@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import re
 import urllib.parse
 
 import requests
-from builtins import str as str_text
 
 from . import log, LOG_CHECK
 
@@ -173,7 +172,7 @@ def idna_encode(host):
     to RFC 3490.
     @raise: UnicodeError if hostname is not properly IDN encoded.
     """
-    if host and isinstance(host, str_text):
+    if host and isinstance(host, str):
         try:
             host.encode('ascii')
             return host, False