From c608fef1300f95e94f26103c957045d6a718959f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Norman Rzepka <code@normanrz.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 21:43:31 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] rm ensure_bytes

---
 src/zarr/codecs/_v2.py | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/zarr/codecs/_v2.py b/src/zarr/codecs/_v2.py
index 89894e2b91..30504ad204 100644
--- a/src/zarr/codecs/_v2.py
+++ b/src/zarr/codecs/_v2.py
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 import numcodecs
-import numcodecs.compat
-from numcodecs.compat import ensure_bytes, ensure_ndarray_like
+from numcodecs.compat import ensure_ndarray_like
 
 from zarr.abc.codec import ArrayBytesCodec
 from zarr.registry import get_ndbuffer_class
@@ -84,8 +83,6 @@ async def _encode_single(
         else:
             cdata = chunk
 
-        cdata = ensure_bytes(cdata)
-
         return chunk_spec.prototype.buffer.from_bytes(cdata)
 
     def compute_encoded_size(self, _input_byte_length: int, _chunk_spec: ArraySpec) -> int: