diff --git a/test/pathod/tutils.py b/test/pathod/tutils.py
index daaa8628f..3a94b6eb0 100644
--- a/test/pathod/tutils.py
+++ b/test/pathod/tutils.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class DaemonTests(object):
         )
         with c.connect():
             resp = c.request(
-                "get:/p/%s" % urllib.parse.quote(spec).encode("string_escape")
+                "get:/p/%s" % urllib.parse.quote(spec)
             )
             return resp