diff --git a/.github/workflows/workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/workflow.yml
index 8fc5ff6..0fa26d0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/workflow.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        python -m pip install setuptools
         pip install redis==${{ matrix.redis-py-version }}
         python setup.py install
 
diff --git a/tests/fixtures.py b/tests/fixtures.py
index 842e293..870b7c2 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures.py
+++ b/tests/fixtures.py
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 from redis import Redis
 from rq import Connection, get_current_job, get_current_connection, Queue
 from rq.decorators import job
-from rq.compat import text_type
 from rq.worker import HerokuWorker, Worker
 
 
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@ async def say_hello_async(name=None):
 
 def say_hello_unicode(name=None):
     """A job with a single argument and a return value."""
-    return text_type(say_hello(name))  # noqa
+    return say_hello(name)
 
 
 def do_nothing():
diff --git a/tests/test_scheduler.py b/tests/test_scheduler.py
index ada30f4..7fde8af 100644
--- a/tests/test_scheduler.py
+++ b/tests/test_scheduler.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 from dateutil.tz import tzlocal
 from dateutil.tz import UTC
 from rq import Queue
-from rq.compat import as_text
 from rq.job import Job
 
 from rq_scheduler import Scheduler
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ def say_hello(name=None):
 
 
 def tl(l):
-    return [as_text(i) for i in l]
+    return [i.decode() for i in l]
 
 
 def simple_addition(x, y, z):