diff --git a/mercurial/color.py b/mercurial/color.py
--- a/mercurial/color.py
+++ b/mercurial/color.py
@@ -487,11 +487,7 @@ if pycompat.iswindows:
             ansire = re.compile(b'\033\[([^m]*)m([^\033]*)(.*)',
                                 re.MULTILINE | re.DOTALL)
 
-    def win32print(ui, writefunc, *msgs, **opts):
-        for text in msgs:
-            _win32print(ui, text, writefunc, **opts)
-
-    def _win32print(ui, text, writefunc, **opts):
+    def win32print(ui, writefunc, text, **opts):
         label = opts.get(r'label', '')
         attr = origattr
 
diff --git a/mercurial/ui.py b/mercurial/ui.py
--- a/mercurial/ui.py
+++ b/mercurial/ui.py
@@ -951,16 +951,16 @@ class ui(object):
 
     def _writenobuf(self, write, *args, **opts):
         self._progclear()
+        msg = b''.join(args)
         if self._colormode == 'win32':
             # windows color printing is its own can of crab, defer to
             # the color module and that is it.
-            color.win32print(self, write, *args, **opts)
+            color.win32print(self, write, msg, **opts)
         else:
-            msgs = args
             if self._colormode is not None:
                 label = opts.get(r'label', '')
-                msgs = [self.label(a, label) for a in args]
-            write(b''.join(msgs))
+                msg = self.label(msg, label)
+            write(msg)
 
     def _write(self, data):
         # opencode timeblockedsection because this is a critical path