--- a/plugins/cfpython/cjson.c
+++ b/plugins/cfpython/cjson.c
@@ -1260,13 +1260,7 @@
         return NULL;
 
     if (PyUnicode_Check(string)) {
-#ifdef IS_PY3K
-        /* HACK: Workaround for crash bug in Python3's PyUnicode_AsRawUnicodeEscapeString... */
-        str = PyUnicode_EncodeRawUnicodeEscape(PyUnicode_AS_UNICODE(string),
-                                               PyUnicode_GET_SIZE(string));
-#else
         str = PyUnicode_AsRawUnicodeEscapeString(string);
-#endif
         if (str == NULL) {
             return NULL;
         }
