diff --git a/rq/job.py b/rq/job.py
index 978532a..51b76d8 100644
--- a/rq/job.py
+++ b/rq/job.py
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ from rq.compat import as_text, decode_redis_hash, string_types, text_type
 from .connections import resolve_connection
 from .exceptions import NoSuchJobError
 from .local import LocalStack
+from .serializers import resolve_serializer
 from .utils import (enum, import_attribute, parse_timeout, str_to_date,
                     utcformat, utcnow)
-from .serializers import resolve_serializer
 
 try:
     import cPickle as pickle
@@ -736,9 +736,9 @@ class Job(object):
             connection.sadd(self.dependencies_key, dependency_id)
 
     @property
-    def dependencies_job_ids(self):
+    def dependency_ids(self):
         dependencies = self.connection.smembers(self.dependencies_key)
-        return [Job.key_for(as_text(_id))
+        return [Job.key_for(_id.decode())
                 for _id in dependencies]
 
     def dependencies_are_met(self, exclude_job_id=None, pipeline=None):
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ class Job(object):
         pipe = pipeline if pipeline is not None else self.connection
 
         if pipeline is not None:
-            pipe.watch(*self.dependencies_job_ids)
+            pipe.watch(*self.dependency_ids)
 
         sort_by = self.redis_job_namespace_prefix + '*->ended_at'
         get_fields = (
diff --git a/rq/queue.py b/rq/queue.py
index c545f43..297d5e2 100644
--- a/rq/queue.py
+++ b/rq/queue.py
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ class Queue(object):
                 dependent_job_ids = [as_text(_id)
                                      for _id in pipe.smembers(dependents_key)]
 
-                dependent_jobs = [
+                jobs_to_enqueue = [
                     dependent_job for dependent_job
                     in self.job_class.fetch_many(
                         dependent_job_ids,
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ class Queue(object):
 
                 pipe.multi()
 
-                for dependent in dependent_jobs:
+                for dependent in jobs_to_enqueue:
                     registry = DeferredJobRegistry(dependent.origin,
                                                    self.connection,
                                                    job_class=self.job_class)