Refs -- Removed force_text() in Python deserializer needed only on Python 2
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ other serializers.
from collections import OrderedDict
from django.apps import apps
-from django.conf import settings
from django.core.serializers import base
from django.db import DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS, models
from django.utils.encoding import force_text, is_protected_type
@@ -116,11 +115,6 @@ def Deserializer(object_list, *, using=DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS, ignorenonexistent=False
# skip fields no longer on model
continue
- if isinstance(field_value, str):
- field_value = force_text(
- field_value, options.get("encoding", settings.DEFAULT_CHARSET), strings_only=True
- )
-
field = Model._meta.get_field(field_name)
# Handle M2M relations
