diff --git a/mercurial/hgweb/hgweb_mod.py b/mercurial/hgweb/hgweb_mod.py
--- a/mercurial/hgweb/hgweb_mod.py
+++ b/mercurial/hgweb/hgweb_mod.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class hgweb(object):
             if baseui:
                 u = baseui.copy()
             else:
-                u = webutil.wsgiui()
+                u = ui.ui()
             self.repo = hg.repository(u, repo)
         else:
             self.repo = repo
diff --git a/mercurial/hgweb/hgwebdir_mod.py b/mercurial/hgweb/hgwebdir_mod.py
--- a/mercurial/hgweb/hgwebdir_mod.py
+++ b/mercurial/hgweb/hgwebdir_mod.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class hgwebdir(object):
         if self.baseui:
             u = self.baseui.copy()
         else:
-            u = webutil.wsgiui()
+            u = ui.ui()
             u.setconfig('ui', 'report_untrusted', 'off')
             u.setconfig('ui', 'interactive', 'off')
 
diff --git a/mercurial/hgweb/webcommands.py b/mercurial/hgweb/webcommands.py
--- a/mercurial/hgweb/webcommands.py
+++ b/mercurial/hgweb/webcommands.py
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ def help(web, req, tmpl):
         return tmpl('helptopics', topics=topics, earlycommands=earlycommands,
                     othercommands=othercommands, title='Index')
 
-    u = web.repo.ui
+    u = webutil.wsgiui()
     u.pushbuffer()
     try:
         commands.help_(u, topicname)