--- a/cwconfig.py	Fri Sep 11 18:01:36 2015 +0200
+++ b/cwconfig.py	Fri Sep 11 18:05:38 2015 +0200
@@ -167,7 +167,6 @@
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 __docformat__ = "restructuredtext en"
-_ = unicode
 
 import sys
 import os
@@ -189,7 +188,7 @@
                                           ConfigurationMixIn, merge_options)
 
 from cubicweb import (CW_SOFTWARE_ROOT, CW_MIGRATION_MAP,
-                      ConfigurationError, Binary)
+                      ConfigurationError, Binary, _)
 from cubicweb.toolsutils import create_dir
 
 CONFIGURATIONS = []