1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/waitress/rfc7230.py b/src/waitress/rfc7230.py
index cd33c90..9b25fbd 100644
--- a/src/waitress/rfc7230.py
+++ b/src/waitress/rfc7230.py
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ needed to properly parse HTTP messages.
 
 import re
 
-from .compat import tobytes
-
 WS = "[ \t]"
 OWS = WS + "{0,}?"
 RWS = WS + "{1,}?"
@@ -46,7 +44,7 @@ FIELD_CONTENT = FIELD_VCHAR + "+(?:[ \t]+" + FIELD_VCHAR + "+)*"
 FIELD_VALUE = "(?:" + FIELD_CONTENT + ")?"
 
 HEADER_FIELD = re.compile(
-    tobytes(
+    (
         "^(?P<name>" + TOKEN + "):" + OWS + "(?P<value>" + FIELD_VALUE + ")" + OWS + "$"
-    )
+    ).encode("latin-1")
 )