diff --git a/tests/test_misc.py b/tests/test_misc.py
index 1deb661f5..c309d212e 100644
--- a/tests/test_misc.py
+++ b/tests/test_misc.py
@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ def test_simplify_apostrophes():
 
 def test_simplify_accented():
     assert simplify(u'cliché') == 'cliche'
-    assert simplify(u'cliché'.encode('iso-8859-1')) == 'cliche'
+    if six.PY2:
+        assert simplify(u'cliché'.encode('iso-8859-1')) == 'cliche'
 
 def test_simplify_remove():
     assert simplify('this is: (a) "test"') == 'this-is-a-test'