diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/glance_image/openstack.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/glance_image/openstack.rb
index 57d46474..e8562ec2 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/glance_image/openstack.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/glance_image/openstack.rb
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:glance_image).provide(
   end
 
   def self.pythondict2hash(input)
-    return JSON.parse(input.gsub(/u'(\w*)'/, '"\1"').gsub(/'/, '"').gsub(/False/,'false').gsub(/True/,'true'))
+    return JSON.parse(input.gsub(/'/, '"').gsub(/False/,'false').gsub(/True/,'true'))
   end
 
   def self.parsestring(input)
diff --git a/spec/unit/provider/glance_image_spec.rb b/spec/unit/provider/glance_image_spec.rb
index 02d299b5..7bae2138 100644
--- a/spec/unit/provider/glance_image_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/provider/glance_image_spec.rb
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ visibility="public"
 
     describe '#pythondict2hash' do
       it 'should return a hash with key-value when provided with a unicode python dict' do
-        s = "{u'key': 'value', u'key2': 'value2'}"
+        s = "{'key': 'value', 'key2': 'value2'}"
         expect(provider_class.pythondict2hash(s)).to eq({"key"=>"value", "key2"=>"value2"})
       end
 
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ visibility="public"
       end
 
       it 'should call pythondict2hash when provided with a hash' do
-        s = "{u'key': 'value', u'key2': 'value2'}"
+        s = "{'key': 'value', 'key2': 'value2'}"
         expect(provider_class.parsestring(s)).to eq({"key"=>"value", "key2"=>"value2"})
       end
     end