diff --git a/tests/test_generateschema.py b/tests/test_generateschema.py
index 047bb406a..915c6ea05 100644
--- a/tests/test_generateschema.py
+++ b/tests/test_generateschema.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from django.conf.urls import url
 from django.core.management import call_command
 from django.test import TestCase
 from django.test.utils import override_settings
-from six import StringIO
+from django.utils import six
 
 from rest_framework.compat import coreapi
 from rest_framework.utils import formatting, json
@@ -28,8 +28,9 @@ class GenerateSchemaTests(TestCase):
     """Tests for management command generateschema."""
 
     def setUp(self):
-        self.out = StringIO()
+        self.out = six.StringIO()
 
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(six.PY2, reason='PyYAML unicode output is malformed on PY2.')
     def test_renders_default_schema_with_custom_title_url_and_description(self):
         expected_out = """info:
                             description: Sample description