diff --git a/ansible/connection_plugins/qubes.py b/ansible/connection_plugins/qubes.py
index d9f222c..02bdbfa 100644
--- a/ansible/connection_plugins/qubes.py
+++ b/ansible/connection_plugins/qubes.py
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ display = Display()
 from ansible.plugins.connection import ConnectionBase
 from ansible.inventory import Inventory
 from ansible.utils.vars import combine_vars
-from ansible.utils.unicode import to_bytes, to_unicode, to_str
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes
+from ansible.utils.unicode import to_unicode, to_str
 from ansible import constants as C