diff --git a/pelican/tests/test_contents.py b/pelican/tests/test_contents.py
index 2e44253a..437d0228 100644
--- a/pelican/tests/test_contents.py
+++ b/pelican/tests/test_contents.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
+import six
 from datetime import datetime
 from sys import platform
 
@@ -205,7 +206,10 @@ class TestPage(unittest.TestCase):
                            '<a href="category/category.html">link</a>'))
 
     def test_intrasite_link(self):
-        article = type(b'_DummyArticle', (object,), {'url': 'article.html'})
+        # type does not take unicode in PY2 and bytes in PY3, which in
+        # combination with unicode literals leads to following insane line:
+        cls_name = '_DummyArticle' if six.PY3 else b'_DummyArticle'
+        article = type(cls_name, (object,), {'url': 'article.html'})
 
         args = self.page_kwargs.copy()
         args['settings'] = get_settings()