diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 04d0ce3..c735868 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ repos:
     rev: 19.10b0
     hooks:
     -   id: black
-        args: [--safe, --quiet]
+        args: [--safe, --quiet, --target-version, py35]
         language_version: python3.7
 -   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
     rev: v2.4.0
diff --git a/src/xdist/report.py b/src/xdist/report.py
index 3d239f1..1a132d0 100644
--- a/src/xdist/report.py
+++ b/src/xdist/report.py
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ def report_collection_diff(from_collection, to_collection, from_id, to_id):
 
     diff = unified_diff(from_collection, to_collection, fromfile=from_id, tofile=to_id)
     error_message = (
-        u"Different tests were collected between {from_id} and {to_id}. "
-        u"The difference is:\n"
-        u"{diff}"
+        "Different tests were collected between {from_id} and {to_id}. "
+        "The difference is:\n"
+        "{diff}"
     ).format(from_id=from_id, to_id=to_id, diff="\n".join(diff))
     msg = "\n".join([x.rstrip() for x in error_message.split("\n")])
     return msg