diff --git a/src/Mod/Fem/femtaskpanels/task_mesh_gmsh.py b/src/Mod/Fem/femtaskpanels/task_mesh_gmsh.py
index a82edcdeb9..30aac36737 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Fem/femtaskpanels/task_mesh_gmsh.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Fem/femtaskpanels/task_mesh_gmsh.py
@@ -153,8 +153,6 @@ class _TaskPanel:
         self.form.cb_order.setCurrentIndex(index_order)
 
     def console_log(self, message="", color="#000000"):
-        if (not isinstance(message, bytes)) and (sys.version_info.major < 3):
-            message = message.encode("utf-8", "replace")
         self.console_message_gmsh = self.console_message_gmsh + (
             '<font color="#0000FF">{0:4.1f}:</font> <font color="{1}">{2}</font><br>'
             .format(time.time() - self.Start, color, message)
diff --git a/src/Mod/Fem/femtaskpanels/task_solver_ccxtools.py b/src/Mod/Fem/femtaskpanels/task_solver_ccxtools.py
index 87adc6e139..8b06e8bd0f 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Fem/femtaskpanels/task_solver_ccxtools.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Fem/femtaskpanels/task_solver_ccxtools.py
@@ -173,8 +173,6 @@ class _TaskPanel:
         return
 
     def femConsoleMessage(self, message="", color="#000000"):
-        if sys.version_info.major < 3:
-            message = message.encode("utf-8", "replace")
         self.fem_console_message = self.fem_console_message + (
             '<font color="#0000FF">{0:4.1f}:</font> <font color="{1}">{2}</font><br>'
             .format(time.time() - self.Start, color, message)
diff --git a/src/Mod/Fem/femtest/app/test_common.py b/src/Mod/Fem/femtest/app/test_common.py
index 0a10b4d097..14b0a8969d 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Fem/femtest/app/test_common.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Fem/femtest/app/test_common.py
@@ -124,13 +124,6 @@ class TestFemCommon(unittest.TestCase):
         # import all collected modules
         # fcc_print(pymodules)
         for mod in pymodules:
-            # migrate modules do not import on Python 2
-            if (
-                mod == "femtools.migrate_app"
-                or mod == "femguiutils.migrate_gui"
-            ) and sys.version_info.major < 3:
-                continue
-
             if (
                 mod == "femsolver.solver_taskpanel"
                 or mod == "femexamples.examplesgui"
diff --git a/src/Mod/Fem/femtest/app/test_open.py b/src/Mod/Fem/femtest/app/test_open.py
index 50a8de63f4..b3c9e31959 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Fem/femtest/app/test_open.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Fem/femtest/app/test_open.py
@@ -129,10 +129,6 @@ class TestObjectOpen(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_femobjects_open_de9b3fb438(
         self
     ):
-        # migration modules do not import on Python 2 thus this can not work
-        if sys.version_info.major < 3:
-            return
-
         # the number in method name is the FreeCAD commit the document was created with
         # https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/commit/de9b3fb438
         # the document was created by running the object create unit test
diff --git a/src/Mod/Fem/femtest/app/test_solver_elmer.py b/src/Mod/Fem/femtest/app/test_solver_elmer.py
index 0bdc14e9eb..43a77225af 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Fem/femtest/app/test_solver_elmer.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Fem/femtest/app/test_solver_elmer.py
@@ -175,13 +175,6 @@ class TestSolverElmer(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_ccxcantilever_faceload_1_si(
         self
     ):
-        if sys.version_info.major < 3:
-            # TODO does not pass on Python 2
-            # https://travis-ci.org/github/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/builds/707885742
-            # https://api.travis-ci.org/v3/job/707885745/log.txt
-            fcc_print("Python 2: test aborted.")
-            return
-
         fcc_print("")
         self.set_unit_schema(1)  # SI-units m/kg/s
         from femexamples.ccx_cantilever_faceload import setup
diff --git a/src/Mod/Fem/femtest/app/test_solver_z88.py b/src/Mod/Fem/femtest/app/test_solver_z88.py
index 275024e689..8cedbb1749 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Fem/femtest/app/test_solver_z88.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Fem/femtest/app/test_solver_z88.py
@@ -115,13 +115,6 @@ class TestSolverZ88(unittest.TestCase):
         self,
         base_name
     ):
-        if sys.version_info.major < 3:
-            # TODO does not pass on Python 2
-            # https://travis-ci.org/github/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/builds/707780320
-            # https://api.travis-ci.org/v3/job/707780323/log.txt
-            fcc_print("Python 2: test aborted.")
-            return
-
         self.document.recompute()
 
         # start
diff --git a/src/Mod/Fem/femtest/gui/test_open.py b/src/Mod/Fem/femtest/gui/test_open.py
index 454a836ce7..d7fd521a3b 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Fem/femtest/gui/test_open.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Fem/femtest/gui/test_open.py
@@ -126,10 +126,6 @@ class TestObjectOpen(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_femobjects_open_de9b3fb438(
         self
     ):
-        # migration modules do not import on Python 2 thus this can not work
-        if sys.version_info.major < 3:
-            return
-
         # the number in method name is the FreeCAD commit the document was created with
         # https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/commit/de9b3fb438
         # the document was created by running the object create unit test
diff --git a/src/Mod/Fem/femtools/femutils.py b/src/Mod/Fem/femtools/femutils.py
index f4a00c58cf..ed376a58e4 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Fem/femtools/femutils.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Fem/femtools/femutils.py
@@ -378,16 +378,8 @@ def get_refshape_type(fem_doc_object):
 
 
 def pydecode(bytestring):
-    """ Return *bytestring* as a unicode string for python 2 and 3.
-
-    For python 2 *bytestring* is converted to a string of type ``unicode``. For
-    python 3 it is returned as is because it uses unicode for it's ``str`` type
-    already.
-    """
-    if sys.version_info.major < 3:
-        return bytestring
-    else:
-        return bytestring.decode("utf-8")
+    """ Return *bytestring* as a unicode string """
+    return bytestring.decode("utf-8")
 
 
 def startProgramInfo(code):
diff --git a/src/Mod/Material/MaterialEditor.py b/src/Mod/Material/MaterialEditor.py
index c546ab199c..54fa09c1cc 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Material/MaterialEditor.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Material/MaterialEditor.py
@@ -543,9 +543,6 @@ class MaterialEditor:
         group = item.parent()
         it = group.child(item.row(), 1)
         name = it.text()
-        if sys.version_info.major < 3:
-            if isinstance(name, unicode):
-                name = name.encode("utf8")
         if not name:
             name = "Material"
         filetuple = QtGui.QFileDialog.getSaveFileName(