diff --git a/tailbone/views/common.py b/tailbone/views/common.py
index e5710f2b..f48bdbe4 100644
--- a/tailbone/views/common.py
+++ b/tailbone/views/common.py
@@ -84,7 +84,14 @@ class CommonView(View):
         """
         with open(self.robots_txt_path, 'rt') as f:
             content = f.read()
-        return Response(content_type=six.binary_type('text/plain'), body=content)
+        response = self.request.response
+        if six.PY3:
+            response.text = content
+            response.content_type = 'text/plain'
+        else:
+            response.body = content
+            response.content_type = b'text/plain'
+        return response
 
     def mobile_home(self):
         """