diff --git a/awx/main/tasks.py b/awx/main/tasks.py
index d8fa4a88c0..1c7b8b2832 100644
--- a/awx/main/tasks.py
+++ b/awx/main/tasks.py
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ def awx_periodic_scheduler():
             try:
                 job_kwargs = schedule.get_job_kwargs()
                 new_unified_job = schedule.unified_job_template.create_unified_job(**job_kwargs)
-                logger.info(six.text_type('Spawned {} from schedule {}-{}.').format(
+                logger.info('Spawned {} from schedule {}-{}.'.format(
                     new_unified_job.log_format, schedule.name, schedule.pk))
 
                 if invalid_license: