def METHOD_NAME(s_var):
  """
    Removes the u infrount of a unicode string: u'string' -> 'string'
    Note that this also removes a u at the end of string 'stru' -> 'str'
      which is not intended.
    @ In, s_var, string, string to remove characters from
    @ Out, s_var, string, cleaned string
  """
  s_var = s_var.replace("u'", "'")
  return s_var