diff --git a/picard/coverart/image.py b/picard/coverart/image.py
index 872dca27c..261f3fee0 100644
--- a/picard/coverart/image.py
+++ b/picard/coverart/image.py
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ class CoverArtImage:
             p.append("comment=%r" % self.comment)
         return "%s(%s)" % (self.__class__.__name__, ", ".join(p))
 
-    def __unicode__(self):
+    def __str__(self):
         p = [u'Image']
         if self.url is not None:
             p.append(u"from %s" % self.url.toString())
@@ -203,9 +203,6 @@ class CoverArtImage:
             p.append(u"and comment '%s'" % self.comment)
         return u' '.join(p)
 
-    def __str__(self):
-        return string_(self).encode('utf-8')
-
     def __eq__(self, other):
         if self and other:
             if self.types and other.types: