Refs #27795 -- Removed unneeded force_text calls

Thanks Tim Graham for the review.

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/django/db/backends/sqlite3/creation.py b/django/db/backends/sqlite3/creation.py
index 5dc7d5831b..9a1b288bf2 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/sqlite3/creation.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/sqlite3/creation.py
@@ -4,14 +4,13 @@ import sys
 
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 from django.db.backends.base.creation import BaseDatabaseCreation
-from django.utils.encoding import force_text
 
 
 class DatabaseCreation(BaseDatabaseCreation):
 
     @staticmethod
     def is_in_memory_db(database_name):
-        return database_name == ':memory:' or 'mode=memory' in force_text(database_name)
+        return database_name == ':memory:' or 'mode=memory' in database_name
 
     def _get_test_db_name(self):
         test_database_name = self.connection.settings_dict['TEST']['NAME']