diff --git a/jedi/_compatibility.py b/jedi/_compatibility.py
index c3a2ff54..f1502222 100644
--- a/jedi/_compatibility.py
+++ b/jedi/_compatibility.py
@@ -242,8 +242,7 @@ def cast_path(obj):
     Since this just really complicates everything and Python 2.7 will be EOL
     soon anyway, just go with always strings.
     """
-    return unicode(obj, encoding='utf-8', errors='replace') \
-           if isinstance(obj, bytes) else obj
+    return u(obj, errors='replace')
 
 
 try:
diff --git a/jedi/evaluate/compiled/access.py b/jedi/evaluate/compiled/access.py
index 9d1cfefd..b49a87f6 100644
--- a/jedi/evaluate/compiled/access.py
+++ b/jedi/evaluate/compiled/access.py
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ class DirectObjectAccess(object):
                 return None
 
         try:
-            return cls.__name__
+            return u(cls.__name__)
         except AttributeError:
             return None
 
@@ -311,8 +311,10 @@ class DirectObjectAccess(object):
 
     def get_access_path_tuples(self):
         return [
-            (getattr(o, '__name__', None), create_access(self._evaluator, o))
-            for o in self._get_objects_path()
+            (
+                u(getattr(o, '__name__', None), errors='replace'),
+                create_access(self._evaluator, o)
+            ) for o in self._get_objects_path()
         ]
 
     def _get_objects_path(self):
diff --git a/jedi/evaluate/compiled/subprocess/__init__.py b/jedi/evaluate/compiled/subprocess/__init__.py
index c2877fcd..153357a6 100644
--- a/jedi/evaluate/compiled/subprocess/__init__.py
+++ b/jedi/evaluate/compiled/subprocess/__init__.py
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ class AccessHandle(object):
         if name in ('id', 'access') or name.startswith('_'):
             raise AttributeError("Something went wrong with unpickling")
 
-        #print >> sys.stderr, name
+        #if not is_py3: print >> sys.stderr, name
         #print('getattr', name, file=sys.stderr)
         return partial(self._workaround, name)
 
diff --git a/jedi/evaluate/compiled/subprocess/functions.py b/jedi/evaluate/compiled/subprocess/functions.py
index 20e97798..c0653e64 100644
--- a/jedi/evaluate/compiled/subprocess/functions.py
+++ b/jedi/evaluate/compiled/subprocess/functions.py
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ def load_module(evaluator, **kwargs):
 
 def get_compiled_method_return(evaluator, id, attribute, *args, **kwargs):
     handle = evaluator.compiled_subprocess.get_access_handle(id)
-    # print >> sys.stderr, handle, attribute, args, kwargs
-    # print(id, attribute, args, kwargs, file=sys.stderr)
     return getattr(handle.access, attribute)(*args, **kwargs)