--- a/tests/test-convert-svn-encoding.t	Tue Jun 30 16:39:45 2020 +0200
+++ b/tests/test-convert-svn-encoding.t	Tue Jun 30 07:23:29 2020 +0200
@@ -197,13 +197,13 @@
   abort: file:/*/$TESTTMP/\xff: missing or unsupported repository (glob) (esc)
   [255]
 
-#if py3
-For now, on Python 3, we abort when encountering non-UTF-8 percent-encoded
-bytes in a filename.
+Subversion decodes percent-encoded bytes on the converted, UTF-8-encoded
+string. Therefore, if the percent-encoded bytes aren't valid UTF-8, Subversion
+would choke on them when converting them to the locale encoding.
 
   $ hg convert file://$TESTTMP/%FF test
   initializing destination test repository
-  on Python 3, we currently do not support non-UTF-8 percent-encoded bytes in file URLs for Subversion repositories
+  Subversion does not support non-UTF-8 percent-encoded bytes in file URLs
   file:/*/$TESTTMP/%FF does not look like a CVS checkout (glob)
   $TESTTMP/file:$TESTTMP/%FF does not look like a Git repository
   file:/*/$TESTTMP/%FF does not look like a Subversion repository (glob)
@@ -215,4 +215,3 @@
   file:/*/$TESTTMP/%FF does not look like a P4 repository (glob)
   abort: file:/*/$TESTTMP/%FF: missing or unsupported repository (glob)
   [255]
-#endif