1 files changed, 1 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Modules/_sqlite/statement.c b/Modules/_sqlite/statement.c
index 1cc3cdd..98cc68a 100644
--- a/Modules/_sqlite/statement.c
+++ b/Modules/_sqlite/statement.c
@@ -105,15 +105,10 @@ int pysqlite_statement_bind_parameter(pysqlite_Statement* self, int pos, PyObjec
 #endif
     } else if (PyFloat_Check(parameter)) {
         rc = sqlite3_bind_double(self->st, pos, PyFloat_AsDouble(parameter));
-    } else if PyString_Check(parameter) {
-        string = PyString_AsString(parameter);
-        rc = sqlite3_bind_text(self->st, pos, string, -1, SQLITE_TRANSIENT);
     } else if PyUnicode_Check(parameter) {
-        stringval = PyUnicode_AsUTF8String(parameter);
-        string = PyBytes_AsString(stringval);
+        string = PyUnicode_AsString(parameter);
 
         rc = sqlite3_bind_text(self->st, pos, string, -1, SQLITE_TRANSIENT);
-        Py_DECREF(stringval);
     } else if (PyObject_CheckBuffer(parameter)) {
         if (PyObject_AsCharBuffer(parameter, &buffer, &buflen) == 0) {
             rc = sqlite3_bind_blob(self->st, pos, buffer, buflen, SQLITE_TRANSIENT);