diff --git a/mopidy/frontends/__init__.py b/mopidy/frontends/__init__.py
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-from __future__ import unicode_literals
diff --git a/tests/frontends/__init__.py b/tests/frontends/__init__.py
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-from __future__ import unicode_literals