diff --git a/samcli/local/lambdafn/env_vars.py b/samcli/local/lambdafn/env_vars.py
index 902c9e1c414..889c9794dfc 100644
--- a/samcli/local/lambdafn/env_vars.py
+++ b/samcli/local/lambdafn/env_vars.py
@@ -2,17 +2,11 @@
 Supplies the environment variables necessary to set up Local Lambda runtime
 """
 
-import sys
-from enum import IntEnum
 from typing import Optional
 
 from samcli.lib.providers.provider import CapacityProviderConfig
 
 
-class Python(IntEnum):
-    TWO = 2
-
-
 class EnvironmentVariables:
     """
     Use this class to get the environment variables necessary to run the Lambda function. It returns the AWS specific
@@ -238,13 +232,8 @@ def _stringify_value(self, value):
             result = "false"
 
         # value is a scalar type like int, str which can be stringified
-        # do not stringify unicode in Py2, Py3 str supports unicode
-        elif sys.version_info.major > Python.TWO:
-            result = str(value)
-        elif not isinstance(value, unicode):  # noqa: F821 pylint: disable=undefined-variable
-            result = str(value)
         else:
-            result = value
+            result = str(value)
 
         return result