diff --git a/IPython/core/tests/test_profile.py b/IPython/core/tests/test_profile.py
index 72b4faf..80599d2 100644
--- a/IPython/core/tests/test_profile.py
+++ b/IPython/core/tests/test_profile.py
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ def test_list_profiles_in():
     # No need to remove these directories and files, as they will get nuked in
     # the module-level teardown.
     td = tempfile.mkdtemp(dir=TMP_TEST_DIR)
-    td = str(td)
     for name in ('profile_foo', 'profile_hello', 'not_a_profile'):
         os.mkdir(os.path.join(td, name))
     if dec.unicode_paths: