diff --git a/modules/banhe.py b/modules/banhe.py
index 44a1b7e..f4428f6 100755
--- a/modules/banhe.py
+++ b/modules/banhe.py
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
-#! /usr/bin/env python3
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 """
 ban he
 ban he
 ban he
 """
+import time
+
 import module
 import modules.adminchannel
-import time
-from trigger import PreTrigger, Trigger
-from tools import Identifier, get_command_regexp
 
 @module.commands('banhe')
 @module.example('.banhe assfaggot 30m')
@@ -19,14 +17,7 @@ def banhe(bot, trigger):
 	non-admins only get 20 second bans.
 	"""
 	banhee, period = trigger.group(3), trigger.group(4)
-
-	# here we construct a brand new trigger from scratch becasue doing
-	# things the right way just isn't in the budget.
-	fake_line = ":" + bot.nick + trigger.raw[trigger.raw.find("!"):]
-	fake_pretrigger = PreTrigger(trigger.nick, fake_line)
-	fake_regexp = get_command_regexp(".", "banhe")
-	fake_match = fake_regexp.match(fake_pretrigger.args[-1])
-	fake_trigger = Trigger(bot.config, fake_pretrigger, fake_match)
+	trigger.set_nick(bot.nick)
 
 	if not trigger.admin:
 		period = 20
@@ -37,13 +28,14 @@ def banhe(bot, trigger):
 		except (KeyError, ValueError, TypeError):
 			period = 0
 
-	modules.adminchannel.ban(bot, fake_trigger)
+	modules.adminchannel.ban(bot, trigger)
 	if period > 2592000:
 		bot.reply("It's too big, Onii-chan.")
 	if not period or period > 2592000:
-		return bot.say("Banned \x0304" + banhee + "\x03 for \x0309∞\x03 seconds.")
+		return bot.say(f"Banned \x0304{banhee}\x03 for \x0309∞\x03 seconds.")
 
-	bot.say("Banned \x0304" + banhee + "\x03 for \x0309" + str(period) + "\x03 seconds.")
+	bot.say(f"Banned \x0304{banhee}\x03 for \x0309{str(period)}\x03 seconds.")
 	time.sleep(period)
-	modules.adminchannel.unban(bot, fake_trigger)
+	modules.adminchannel.unban(bot, trigger)
 	bot.say("Unbanned \x0304" + banhee + "\x03")
+
diff --git a/modules/remind.py b/modules/remind.py
index 1fbc1e0..e5a6f14 100755
--- a/modules/remind.py
+++ b/modules/remind.py
@@ -1,31 +1,21 @@
-#! /usr/bin/env python3
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 """
-remind.py - Sopel Reminder Module
-Copyright 2011, Sean B. Palmer, inamidst.com
-Licensed under the Eiffel Forum License 2.
-
-http://sopel.chat
+Reminds of things.
 """
-from __future__ import unicode_literals, absolute_import, print_function, division
-
 import os
 import re
 import time
 import threading
 import collections
 import codecs
+
+import pytz
+
 from datetime import datetime
 from module import commands, example, NOLIMIT
 import tools
 from tools.time import get_timezone, format_time
 
-try:
-	import pytz
-except:
-	pytz = None
-
-
 def filename(self):
 	name = self.nick + '-' + self.config.core.host + '.reminders.db'
 	return os.path.join(self.config.core.homedir, name)
diff --git a/trigger.py b/trigger.py
index 88bc660..3a58d68 100755
--- a/trigger.py
+++ b/trigger.py
@@ -1,16 +1,13 @@
-# coding=utf-8
-from __future__ import unicode_literals, absolute_import, print_function, division
-
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+The trigger abstraction layer.
+"""
 import re
 import sys
 import datetime
 
 import tools
 
-if sys.version_info.major >= 3:
-	unicode = str
-	basestring = str
-
 
 class PreTrigger(object):
 	"""A parsed message from the server, which has not been matched against
@@ -90,7 +87,7 @@ class PreTrigger(object):
 			self.tags['account'] = self.args[1]
 
 
-class Trigger(unicode):
+class Trigger(str):
 	"""A line from the server, which has matched a callable's rules.
 
 	Note that CTCP messages (`PRIVMSG`es and `NOTICE`es which start and end
@@ -161,7 +158,7 @@ class Trigger(unicode):
 	"""
 
 	def __new__(cls, config, message, match, account=None):
-		self = unicode.__new__(cls, message.args[-1] if message.args else '')
+		self = str.__new__(cls, message.args[-1] if message.args else '')
 		self._account = account
 		self._pretrigger = message
 		self._match = match
@@ -185,3 +182,8 @@ class Trigger(unicode):
 		)
 
 		return self
+
+	def set_nick(self, new_nick):
+		"""Sets the trigger's nick to something new."""
+		self._pretrigger.nick = new_nick
+		self._nick = self._pretrigger.nick
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