diff --git a/dist/chromium/publish-beta.py b/dist/chromium/publish-beta.py
index 03e781e13..924b8ebe6 100755
--- a/dist/chromium/publish-beta.py
+++ b/dist/chromium/publish-beta.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 import datetime
 import json
-import jwt
 import os
 import re
 import requests
diff --git a/dist/firefox/publish-signed-beta.py b/dist/firefox/publish-signed-beta.py
index 8dbd7048c..96afe21a9 100755
--- a/dist/firefox/publish-signed-beta.py
+++ b/dist/firefox/publish-signed-beta.py
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ def get_jwt_auth():
         'iat': datetime.datetime.utcnow(),
         'exp': datetime.datetime.utcnow() + datetime.timedelta(seconds=15),
     }
-    return 'JWT ' + jwt.encode(jwt_payload, amo_secret).decode()
+    return 'JWT ' + jwt.encode(jwt_payload, amo_secret)
 
 print('Ask AMO to sign self-hosted xpi package...')
 with open(unsigned_xpi_filepath, 'rb') as f:
diff --git a/dist/mv3/publish-beta.py b/dist/mv3/publish-beta.py
index a5b4a2780..18ecae4ae 100755
--- a/dist/mv3/publish-beta.py
+++ b/dist/mv3/publish-beta.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 import datetime
 import json
-import jwt
 import os
 import re
 import requests