diff --git a/linkcheck/bookmarks/safari.py b/linkcheck/bookmarks/safari.py
index 6baab726..2e81025d 100644
--- a/linkcheck/bookmarks/safari.py
+++ b/linkcheck/bookmarks/safari.py
@@ -83,10 +83,7 @@ def get_plist_data_from_string (data):
         return biplist.readPlistFromString(data)
     # fall back to normal plistlist
     try:
-        if hasattr(plistlib, 'readPlistFromBytes'):  # Python 3
-            return plistlib.readPlistFromBytes(data)
-        else:
-            return plistlib.readPlistFromString(data)
+        return plistlib.loads(data)
     except Exception:
         # not parseable (eg. not well-formed, or binary)
         return {}