diff --git a/mercurial/debugcommands.py b/mercurial/debugcommands.py
--- a/mercurial/debugcommands.py
+++ b/mercurial/debugcommands.py
@@ -3787,9 +3787,7 @@ def debugtemplate(ui, repo, tmpl, **opts
 def debuguigetpass(ui, prompt=b''):
     """show prompt to type password"""
     r = ui.getpass(prompt)
-    if r is not None:
-        r = encoding.strtolocal(r)
-    else:
+    if r is None:
         r = b"<default response>"
     ui.writenoi18n(b'response: %s\n' % r)