import pytz


def to_naive_utc(dtime):
    """convert a datetime object to UTC and than remove the tzinfo, if
    datetime is naive already, return it
    """
    if not hasattr(dtime, 'tzinfo') or dtime.tzinfo is None:
        return dtime

    dtime_utc = dtime.astimezone(pytz.UTC)
    dtime_naive = dtime_utc.replace(tzinfo=None)
    return dtime_naive