diff --git a/kallithea/lib/vcs/backends/hg/changeset.py b/kallithea/lib/vcs/backends/hg/changeset.py
--- a/kallithea/lib/vcs/backends/hg/changeset.py
+++ b/kallithea/lib/vcs/backends/hg/changeset.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from kallithea.lib.vcs.conf import setti
 from kallithea.lib.vcs.exceptions import ChangesetDoesNotExistError, ChangesetError, ImproperArchiveTypeError, NodeDoesNotExistError, VCSError
 from kallithea.lib.vcs.nodes import (
     AddedFileNodesGenerator, ChangedFileNodesGenerator, DirNode, FileNode, NodeKind, RemovedFileNodesGenerator, RootNode, SubModuleNode)
-from kallithea.lib.vcs.utils import ascii_bytes, ascii_str, date_fromtimestamp, safe_bytes, safe_str, safe_unicode
+from kallithea.lib.vcs.utils import ascii_bytes, ascii_str, date_fromtimestamp, safe_bytes, safe_unicode
 from kallithea.lib.vcs.utils.lazy import LazyProperty
 from kallithea.lib.vcs.utils.paths import get_dirs_for_path
 
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ class MercurialChangeset(BaseChangeset):
         if path.endswith('/'):
             path = path.rstrip('/')
 
-        return safe_str(path)
+        return path
 
     def _get_kind(self, path):
         path = self._fix_path(path)