diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 57c8270f6..fd4d4ad64 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ python:
 env:
     matrix:
       - BOTO_VERSION=2.34.0
-      - BOTO_VERSION=2.25.0
 matrix:
     include:
       - python: "3.3"
diff --git a/tests/test_redshift/test_server.py b/tests/test_redshift/test_server.py
index 34d616d12..a6bdc93f3 100644
--- a/tests/test_redshift/test_server.py
+++ b/tests/test_redshift/test_server.py
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@ def test_describe_clusters():
 
     res = test_client.get('/?Action=DescribeClusters')
 
-    json_data = json.loads(res.data)
+    json_data = json.loads(res.data.decode("utf-8"))
     clusters = json_data['DescribeClustersResponse']['DescribeClustersResult']['Clusters']
     list(clusters).should.equal([])