diff --git a/py/selenium/webdriver/firefox/firefox_profile.py b/py/selenium/webdriver/firefox/firefox_profile.py
index 7c8863abcfb95..2e6fa8fef1e0d 100644
--- a/py/selenium/webdriver/firefox/firefox_profile.py
+++ b/py/selenium/webdriver/firefox/firefox_profile.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 try:
     from cStringIO import StringIO as BytesIO
     bytes = str
-    str = unicode
+    str = basestring
 except ImportError:
     from io import BytesIO
 
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ def get_text(element):
             raise AddonFormatError(str(e), sys.exc_info()[2])
 
         # turn unpack into a true/false value
-        if isinstance(details['unpack'], basestring):
+        if isinstance(details['unpack'], str):
             details['unpack'] = details['unpack'].lower() == 'true'
 
         # If no ID is set, the add-on is invalid