diff --git a/jedi/evaluate/compiled/context.py b/jedi/evaluate/compiled/context.py
index f4230e56..652834f9 100644
--- a/jedi/evaluate/compiled/context.py
+++ b/jedi/evaluate/compiled/context.py
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ class CompiledObjectFilter(AbstractFilter):
 
         # ``dir`` doesn't include the type names.
         if not self._is_instance and needs_type_completions:
-            for filter in builtin_from_name(self._evaluator, 'type').get_filters():
+            for filter in builtin_from_name(self._evaluator, u'type').get_filters():
                 names += filter.values()
         return names
 
diff --git a/jedi/evaluate/compiled/subprocess/__init__.py b/jedi/evaluate/compiled/subprocess/__init__.py
index 81c01204..7b0ef74c 100644
--- a/jedi/evaluate/compiled/subprocess/__init__.py
+++ b/jedi/evaluate/compiled/subprocess/__init__.py
@@ -142,6 +142,10 @@ class _Subprocess(object):
         )
 
     def _send(self, evaluator_id, function, args=(), kwargs={}):
+        if not is_py3:
+            # Python 2 compatibility
+            kwargs = {force_unicode(key): value for key, value in kwargs.items()}
+
         data = evaluator_id, function, args, kwargs
         pickle.dump(data, self._process.stdin, protocol=_PICKLE_PROTOCOL)
         self._process.stdin.flush()
@@ -294,9 +298,6 @@ class AccessHandle(object):
         happen. They are also the only unhashable objects that we're passing
         around.
         """
-        # Python 2 compatibility
-        kwargs = {force_unicode(key): value for key, value in kwargs.items()}
-
         if args and isinstance(args[0], slice):
             return self._subprocess.get_compiled_method_return(self.id, name, *args, **kwargs)
         return self._cached_results(name, *args, **kwargs)