Removed unicode path function

ebook_converter/__init__.py

@@ -39,14 +39,6 @@ def guess_extension(*args, **kwargs):
     return ext
 
 
-def unicode_path(path, abs=False):
-    if isinstance(path, bytes):
-        path = path.decode(constants_old.filesystem_encoding)
-    if abs:
-        path = os.path.abspath(path)
-    return path
-
-
 def confirm_config_name(name):
     return name + '_again'
 

ebook_converter/ebooks/html/input.py

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class HTMLFile(object):
         :param encoding: Use `encoding` to decode HTML.
         :param referrer: The :class:`HTMLFile` that first refers to this file.
         """
-        self.path = unicode_path(path_to_html_file, abs=True)
+        self.path = os.path.abspath(path_to_html_file)
         self.title = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(self.path))[0]
         self.base = os.path.dirname(self.path)
         self.level = level