Fixing astropy dev testing
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ class SDSSClass(BaseQuery):
run2d = row['run2d']
link = linkstr.format(
base=conf.sas_baseurl, dr=data_release,
- instrument=row['instrument'].decode().lower(),
+ instrument=row['instrument'].lower(),
run2d=run2d, plate=row['plate'],
fiber=row['fiberID'], mjd=row['mjd'])
