[1.7.x] Applied unicode_literals to makemessages command

This also fixes #22686 as some sort of side-effect.
Backport of dbb48d2bb99 from master.

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/django/utils/translation/trans_real.py b/django/utils/translation/trans_real.py
index 4f07012149..051edb8b23 100644
--- a/django/utils/translation/trans_real.py
+++ b/django/utils/translation/trans_real.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from django.apps import apps
 from django.dispatch import receiver
 from django.test.signals import setting_changed
 from django.utils.deprecation import RemovedInDjango19Warning
-from django.utils.encoding import force_str, force_text
+from django.utils.encoding import force_text
 from django.utils._os import upath
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe, SafeData
 from django.utils import six, lru_cache
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ def templatize(src, origin=None):
                     comment_lineno_cache = t.lineno
             else:
                 out.write(blankout(t.contents, 'X'))
-    return force_str(out.getvalue())
+    return out.getvalue()
 
 
 def parse_accept_lang_header(lang_string):