--- a/eric6/E5XML/XMLStreamReaderBase.py	Thu Jun 25 19:09:55 2020 +0200
+++ b/eric6/E5XML/XMLStreamReaderBase.py	Sat Jun 27 12:08:12 2020 +0200
@@ -162,9 +162,6 @@
                         val = float(real) + float(imag) * 1j
                     elif self.name() == "string":
                         val = self.readElementText()
-                    elif self.name() == "unicode":
-                        # backward compatibility to 4.6
-                        val = self.readElementText()
                     elif self.name() == "bytes":
                         by = bytes([int(b) for b in
                                     self.readElementText().split(",")])