# HG changeset patch
# User cmlenz
# Date 1200316479 0
# Node ID fc1fcf6b002c335c4239422e2126565d4981e12c
# Parent  8fc315983f2b74f101f2058f5890412d990c796e
Ported [343] to stable branch.

diff --git a/babel/messages/pofile.py b/babel/messages/pofile.py
--- a/babel/messages/pofile.py
+++ b/babel/messages/pofile.py
@@ -422,10 +422,10 @@
             _write('#%s\n' % ', '.join([''] + list(message.flags)))
 
         if message.previous_id and include_previous:
-            _write_comment(u'msgid %s' % _normalize(message.previous_id[0]),
+            _write_comment('msgid %s' % _normalize(message.previous_id[0]),
                            prefix='|')
             if len(message.previous_id) > 1:
-                _write_comment(u'msgid_plural %s' % _normalize(
+                _write_comment('msgid_plural %s' % _normalize(
                     message.previous_id[1]
                 ), prefix='|')