diff -r 4cd9d0a9f42f -r df1e3b67882a VirtualMailManager/cli/__init__.py
--- a/VirtualMailManager/cli/__init__.py	Sun Nov 11 16:53:52 2012 +0000
+++ b/VirtualMailManager/cli/__init__.py	Tue Nov 20 13:40:32 2012 +0000
@@ -75,24 +75,24 @@
     Throws a VMMError after the third failure.
     """
     # TP: Please preserve the trailing space.
-    readp_msg0 = _(u'Enter new password: ').encode(ENCODING, 'replace')
+    readp_msg0 = _('Enter new password: ').encode(ENCODING, 'replace')
     # TP: Please preserve the trailing space.
-    readp_msg1 = _(u'Retype new password: ').encode(ENCODING, 'replace')
+    readp_msg1 = _('Retype new password: ').encode(ENCODING, 'replace')
     mismatched = True
     failures = 0
     while mismatched:
         if failures > 2:
-            raise VMMError(_(u'Too many failures - try again later.'),
+            raise VMMError(_('Too many failures - try again later.'),
                            VMM_TOO_MANY_FAILURES)
         clear0 = getpass(prompt=readp_msg0)
         clear1 = getpass(prompt=readp_msg1)
         if clear0 != clear1:
             failures += 1
-            w_err(0, _(u'Sorry, passwords do not match.'))
+            w_err(0, _('Sorry, passwords do not match.'))
             continue
         if not clear0:
             failures += 1
-            w_err(0, _(u'Sorry, empty passwords are not permitted.'))
+            w_err(0, _('Sorry, empty passwords are not permitted.'))
             continue
         mismatched = False
     return clear0