diff --git a/tests/admin_utils/test_logentry.py b/tests/admin_utils/test_logentry.py
index 1cf0de349d..64ff5fec3e 100644
--- a/tests/admin_utils/test_logentry.py
+++ b/tests/admin_utils/test_logentry.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 from django.test import TestCase, override_settings
 from django.urls import reverse
 from django.utils import translation
-from django.utils.encoding import force_bytes
 from django.utils.html import escape
 
 from .models import Article, ArticleProxy, Site
@@ -211,9 +210,10 @@ class LogEntryTests(TestCase):
         logentry.content_type = None
         logentry.save()
 
-        counted_presence_before = response.content.count(force_bytes(should_contain))
+        should_contain = should_contain.encode()
+        counted_presence_before = response.content.count(should_contain)
         response = self.client.get(reverse('admin:index'))
-        counted_presence_after = response.content.count(force_bytes(should_contain))
+        counted_presence_after = response.content.count(should_contain)
         self.assertEqual(counted_presence_before - 1, counted_presence_after)
 
     def test_proxy_model_content_type_is_used_for_log_entries(self):
diff --git a/tests/admin_views/tests.py b/tests/admin_views/tests.py
index 68094e0053..3089307ba2 100644
--- a/tests/admin_views/tests.py
+++ b/tests/admin_views/tests.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ from django.test.utils import override_script_prefix, patch_logger
 from django.urls import NoReverseMatch, resolve, reverse
 from django.utils import formats, translation
 from django.utils.cache import get_max_age
-from django.utils.encoding import force_bytes, force_text, iri_to_uri
+from django.utils.encoding import iri_to_uri
 from django.utils.html import escape
 from django.utils.http import urlencode
 
@@ -183,8 +183,8 @@ class AdminViewBasicTestCase(TestCase):
         """
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         self.assertLess(
-            response.content.index(force_bytes(text1)),
-            response.content.index(force_bytes(text2)),
+            response.content.index(text1.encode()),
+            response.content.index(text2.encode()),
             (failing_msg or '') + '\nResponse:\n' + response.content.decode(response.charset)
         )
 
@@ -2161,16 +2161,14 @@ class AdminViewDeletedObjectsTest(TestCase):
         cause them to be scheduled for deletion.
         """
         pattern = re.compile(
-            force_bytes(
-                r'<li>Plot: <a href="%s">World Domination</a>\s*<ul>\s*'
-                r'<li>Plot details: <a href="%s">almost finished</a>' % (
-                    reverse('admin:admin_views_plot_change', args=(self.pl1.pk,)),
-                    reverse('admin:admin_views_plotdetails_change', args=(self.pd1.pk,)),
-                )
+            r'<li>Plot: <a href="%s">World Domination</a>\s*<ul>\s*'
+            r'<li>Plot details: <a href="%s">almost finished</a>' % (
+                reverse('admin:admin_views_plot_change', args=(self.pl1.pk,)),
+                reverse('admin:admin_views_plotdetails_change', args=(self.pd1.pk,)),
             )
         )
         response = self.client.get(reverse('admin:admin_views_villain_delete', args=(self.v1.pk,)))
-        self.assertRegex(response.content, pattern)
+        self.assertRegex(response.content.decode(), pattern)
 
     def test_cyclic(self):
         """
@@ -5455,7 +5453,7 @@ class AdminKeepChangeListFiltersTests(TestCase):
         # Check the `change_view` link has the correct querystring.
         detail_link = re.search(
             '<a href="(.*?)">{}</a>'.format(self.joepublicuser.username),
-            force_text(response.content)
+            response.content.decode()
         )
         self.assertURLEqual(detail_link.group(1), self.get_change_url())
 
@@ -5467,21 +5465,21 @@ class AdminKeepChangeListFiltersTests(TestCase):
         # Check the form action.
         form_action = re.search(
             '<form action="(.*?)" method="post" id="user_form".*?>',
-            force_text(response.content)
+            response.content.decode()
         )
         self.assertURLEqual(form_action.group(1), '?%s' % self.get_preserved_filters_querystring())
 
         # Check the history link.
         history_link = re.search(
             '<a href="(.*?)" class="historylink">History</a>',
-            force_text(response.content)
+            response.content.decode()
         )
         self.assertURLEqual(history_link.group(1), self.get_history_url())
 
         # Check the delete link.
         delete_link = re.search(
             '<a href="(.*?)" class="deletelink">Delete</a>',
-            force_text(response.content)
+            response.content.decode()
         )
         self.assertURLEqual(delete_link.group(1), self.get_delete_url())
 
@@ -5531,7 +5529,7 @@ class AdminKeepChangeListFiltersTests(TestCase):
         # Check the form action.
         form_action = re.search(
             '<form action="(.*?)" method="post" id="user_form".*?>',
-            force_text(response.content)
+            response.content.decode()
         )
         self.assertURLEqual(form_action.group(1), '?%s' % self.get_preserved_filters_querystring())
 
diff --git a/tests/auth_tests/test_hashers.py b/tests/auth_tests/test_hashers.py
index b03046c0b1..109aa74153 100644
--- a/tests/auth_tests/test_hashers.py
+++ b/tests/auth_tests/test_hashers.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ from django.contrib.auth.hashers import (
 )
 from django.test import SimpleTestCase
 from django.test.utils import override_settings
-from django.utils.encoding import force_bytes
 
 try:
     import crypt
@@ -238,7 +237,7 @@ class TestUtilsHashPass(SimpleTestCase):
 
             # Get the original salt (includes the original workload factor)
             algorithm, data = encoded.split('$', 1)
-            expected_call = (('wrong_password', force_bytes(data[:29])),)
+            expected_call = (('wrong_password', data[:29].encode()),)
             self.assertEqual(hasher.encode.call_args_list, [expected_call] * 3)
 
     def test_unusable(self):
diff --git a/tests/auth_tests/test_templates.py b/tests/auth_tests/test_templates.py
index b2c1d654a6..958ed47cd3 100644
--- a/tests/auth_tests/test_templates.py
+++ b/tests/auth_tests/test_templates.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ from django.contrib.auth.views import (
 )
 from django.test import RequestFactory, TestCase, override_settings
 from django.urls import reverse
-from django.utils.encoding import force_bytes
 from django.utils.http import urlsafe_base64_encode
 
 from .client import PasswordResetConfirmClient
@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@ class AuthTemplateTests(TestCase):
         client = PasswordResetConfirmClient()
         default_token_generator = PasswordResetTokenGenerator()
         token = default_token_generator.make_token(self.user)
-        uidb64 = urlsafe_base64_encode(force_bytes(self.user.pk)).decode()
+        uidb64 = urlsafe_base64_encode(str(self.user.pk).encode()).decode()
         url = reverse('password_reset_confirm', kwargs={'uidb64': uidb64, 'token': token})
         response = client.get(url)
         self.assertContains(response, '<title>Enter new password</title>')
diff --git a/tests/auth_tests/test_views.py b/tests/auth_tests/test_views.py
index 3af8de3767..e016cd07ff 100644
--- a/tests/auth_tests/test_views.py
+++ b/tests/auth_tests/test_views.py
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ from django.middleware.csrf import CsrfViewMiddleware, get_token
 from django.test import Client, TestCase, override_settings
 from django.test.utils import patch_logger
 from django.urls import NoReverseMatch, reverse, reverse_lazy
-from django.utils.encoding import force_text
 from django.utils.translation import LANGUAGE_SESSION_KEY
 
 from .client import PasswordResetConfirmClient
@@ -1150,7 +1149,7 @@ class ChangelistTests(AuthViewsTestCase):
         # Test the link inside password field help_text.
         rel_link = re.search(
             r'you can change the password using <a href="([^"]*)">this form</a>',
-            force_text(response.content)
+            response.content.decode()
         ).groups()[0]
         self.assertEqual(
             os.path.normpath(user_change_url + rel_link),
diff --git a/tests/file_uploads/tests.py b/tests/file_uploads/tests.py
index fb50f7a1de..eaf4548c0c 100644
--- a/tests/file_uploads/tests.py
+++ b/tests/file_uploads/tests.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ from django.core.files import temp as tempfile
 from django.core.files.uploadedfile import SimpleUploadedFile
 from django.http.multipartparser import MultiPartParser, parse_header
 from django.test import SimpleTestCase, TestCase, client, override_settings
-from django.utils.encoding import force_bytes
 
 from . import uploadhandler
 from .models import FileModel
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ class FileUploadTests(TestCase):
                     post_data[key + '_hash'] = hashlib.sha1(post_data[key].read()).hexdigest()
                     post_data[key].seek(0)
                 except AttributeError:
-                    post_data[key + '_hash'] = hashlib.sha1(force_bytes(post_data[key])).hexdigest()
+                    post_data[key + '_hash'] = hashlib.sha1(post_data[key].encode()).hexdigest()
 
             response = self.client.post('/verify/', post_data)
 
@@ -78,7 +77,7 @@ class FileUploadTests(TestCase):
             'Content-Type: application/octet-stream',
             'Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64',
             '']))
-        payload.write(b"\r\n" + encode(force_bytes(content)) + b"\r\n")
+        payload.write(b'\r\n' + encode(content.encode()) + b'\r\n')
         payload.write('--' + client.BOUNDARY + '--\r\n')
         r = {
             'CONTENT_LENGTH': len(payload),
diff --git a/tests/file_uploads/views.py b/tests/file_uploads/views.py
index 5c35a5a378..d4947e4134 100644
--- a/tests/file_uploads/views.py
+++ b/tests/file_uploads/views.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import os
 
 from django.core.files.uploadedfile import UploadedFile
 from django.http import HttpResponse, HttpResponseServerError, JsonResponse
-from django.utils.encoding import force_bytes, force_text
 
 from .models import FileModel
 from .tests import UNICODE_FILENAME, UPLOAD_TO
@@ -42,7 +41,7 @@ def file_upload_view_verify(request):
         if isinstance(value, UploadedFile):
             new_hash = hashlib.sha1(value.read()).hexdigest()
         else:
-            new_hash = hashlib.sha1(force_bytes(value)).hexdigest()
+            new_hash = hashlib.sha1(value.encode()).hexdigest()
         if new_hash != submitted_hash:
             return HttpResponseServerError()
 
@@ -151,7 +150,7 @@ def file_upload_content_type_extra(request):
     """
     params = {}
     for file_name, uploadedfile in request.FILES.items():
-        params[file_name] = {k: force_text(v) for k, v in uploadedfile.content_type_extra.items()}
+        params[file_name] = {k: v.decode() for k, v in uploadedfile.content_type_extra.items()}
     return JsonResponse(params)
 
 
diff --git a/tests/gis_tests/geos_tests/test_geos.py b/tests/gis_tests/geos_tests/test_geos.py
index 0c0197f8c1..7488acbb3e 100644
--- a/tests/gis_tests/geos_tests/test_geos.py
+++ b/tests/gis_tests/geos_tests/test_geos.py
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ from django.contrib.gis.shortcuts import numpy
 from django.template import Context
 from django.template.engine import Engine
 from django.test import SimpleTestCase
-from django.utils.encoding import force_bytes
 
 from ..test_data import TestDataMixin
 
@@ -160,7 +159,7 @@ class GEOSTest(SimpleTestCase, TestDataMixin):
         ref_pnt = GEOSGeometry('POINT(5 23)')
 
         wkt_f = BytesIO()
-        wkt_f.write(force_bytes(ref_pnt.wkt))
+        wkt_f.write(ref_pnt.wkt.encode())
         wkb_f = BytesIO()
         wkb_f.write(bytes(ref_pnt.wkb))
 
diff --git a/tests/mail/tests.py b/tests/mail/tests.py
index 5e1ed97e13..acce61cf9f 100644
--- a/tests/mail/tests.py
+++ b/tests/mail/tests.py
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ from django.core.mail.backends import console, dummy, filebased, locmem, smtp
 from django.core.mail.message import BadHeaderError, sanitize_address
 from django.test import SimpleTestCase, override_settings
 from django.test.utils import requires_tz_support
-from django.utils.encoding import force_bytes, force_text
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy
 
 
@@ -800,7 +799,7 @@ class BaseEmailBackendTests(HeadersCheckMixin):
         self.assertEqual(num_sent, 1)
         message = self.get_the_message()
         self.assertEqual(message["subject"], '=?utf-8?q?Ch=C3=A8re_maman?=')
-        self.assertEqual(force_text(message.get_payload(decode=True)), 'Je t\'aime très fort')
+        self.assertEqual(message.get_payload(decode=True).decode(), 'Je t\'aime très fort')
 
     def test_send_long_lines(self):
         """
@@ -1083,7 +1082,7 @@ class FileBackendTests(BaseEmailBackendTests, SimpleTestCase):
         messages = []
         for filename in os.listdir(self.tmp_dir):
             with open(os.path.join(self.tmp_dir, filename), 'rb') as fp:
-                session = fp.read().split(force_bytes('\n' + ('-' * 79) + '\n', encoding='ascii'))
+                session = fp.read().split(b'\n' + (b'-' * 79) + b'\n')
             messages.extend(message_from_bytes(m) for m in session if m)
         return messages
 
@@ -1140,7 +1139,7 @@ class ConsoleBackendTests(BaseEmailBackendTests, SimpleTestCase):
 
     def get_mailbox_content(self):
         messages = self.stream.getvalue().split('\n' + ('-' * 79) + '\n')
-        return [message_from_bytes(force_bytes(m)) for m in messages if m]
+        return [message_from_bytes(str(m).encode()) for m in messages if m]
 
     def test_console_stream_kwarg(self):
         """
@@ -1149,7 +1148,7 @@ class ConsoleBackendTests(BaseEmailBackendTests, SimpleTestCase):
         s = StringIO()
         connection = mail.get_connection('django.core.mail.backends.console.EmailBackend', stream=s)
         send_mail('Subject', 'Content', 'from@example.com', ['to@example.com'], connection=connection)
-        message = force_bytes(s.getvalue().split('\n' + ('-' * 79) + '\n')[0])
+        message = str(s.getvalue().split('\n' + ('-' * 79) + '\n')[0]).encode()
         self.assertMessageHasHeaders(message, {
             ('MIME-Version', '1.0'),
             ('Content-Type', 'text/plain; charset="utf-8"'),
diff --git a/tests/view_tests/tests/test_debug.py b/tests/view_tests/tests/test_debug.py
index aa2cc1c721..e67d392d64 100644
--- a/tests/view_tests/tests/test_debug.py
+++ b/tests/view_tests/tests/test_debug.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ from django.template import TemplateDoesNotExist
 from django.test import RequestFactory, SimpleTestCase, override_settings
 from django.test.utils import LoggingCaptureMixin, patch_logger
 from django.urls import reverse
-from django.utils.encoding import force_bytes
 from django.utils.functional import SimpleLazyObject
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
 from django.utils.version import PY36
@@ -325,7 +324,7 @@ class ExceptionReporterTests(SimpleTestCase):
 
         for newline in ['\n', '\r\n', '\r']:
             fd, filename = tempfile.mkstemp(text=False)
-            os.write(fd, force_bytes(newline.join(LINES) + newline))
+            os.write(fd, (newline.join(LINES) + newline).encode())
             os.close(fd)
 
             try: