diff --git a/openedx/tests/xblock_integration/pages/crowdsourcehinter_problem.py b/openedx/tests/xblock_integration/pages/crowdsourcehinter_problem.py
index 7d0a25bf97..c71e264803 100644
--- a/openedx/tests/xblock_integration/pages/crowdsourcehinter_problem.py
+++ b/openedx/tests/xblock_integration/pages/crowdsourcehinter_problem.py
@@ -11,15 +11,12 @@ class CrowdsourcehinterProblemPage(PageObject):
 
     url = None
 
-    def __init__(self, browser, context_selector):
+    def __init__(self, browser):
         """
         Args:
             browser (selenium.webdriver): The Selenium-controlled browser that this page is loaded in.
         """
         super(CrowdsourcehinterProblemPage, self).__init__(browser)
-        if isinstance(context_selector, unicode):
-            context_selector = context_selector.encode('utf-8')
-        self.context_selector = context_selector
 
     def is_browser_on_page(self):
         return len(self.browser.find_elements_by_class_name('crowdsourcehinter_block')) > 0