# HG changeset patch
# User Martin von Zweigbergk <martinvonz@google.com>
# Date 2019-11-14 22:07:36
# Node ID 47d983f0af65d1f8fa281f7ed8fe23b0d5c40546
# Parent  ef43765c921d4980b1ec698fc9c15921212b5528

py3: drop an unnecessary fsencode() before comparing with constant

Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D7413

diff --git a/mercurial/utils/procutil.py b/mercurial/utils/procutil.py
--- a/mercurial/utils/procutil.py
+++ b/mercurial/utils/procutil.py
@@ -288,10 +288,7 @@ def hgexecutable():
                 _sethgexecutable(pycompat.sysexecutable)
         elif (
             not pycompat.iswindows
-            and os.path.basename(
-                pycompat.fsencode(getattr(mainmod, '__file__', ''))
-            )
-            == b'hg'
+            and os.path.basename(getattr(mainmod, '__file__', '')) == 'hg'
         ):
             _sethgexecutable(pycompat.fsencode(mainmod.__file__))
         else: