diff --git a/app/models/user.py b/app/models/user.py
index fa2c02d..6d8714b 100644
--- a/app/models/user.py
+++ b/app/models/user.py
@@ -30,10 +30,7 @@ class User(db.Model):
         return False
 
     def get_id(self):
-        try:
-            return unicode(self.id)  # python 2
-        except NameError:
-            return str(self.id)  # python 3
+        return str(self.id)
 
     def __repr__(self):
         return '%s' % self.username