--- a/hgext/win32mbcs.py	Fri Jun 15 02:07:39 2018 +0530
+++ b/hgext/win32mbcs.py	Wed Jun 13 22:51:08 2018 +0530
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
     return arg
 
 def encode(arg):
-    if isinstance(arg, unicode):
+    if isinstance(arg, pycompat.unicode):
         return arg.encode(_encoding)
     elif isinstance(arg, tuple):
         return tuple(map(encode, arg))
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
                          " %s encoding\n") % (_encoding))
 
 def wrapper(func, args, kwds):
-    return basewrapper(func, unicode, encode, decode, args, kwds)
+    return basewrapper(func, pycompat.unicode, encode, decode, args, kwds)
 
 
 def reversewrapper(func, args, kwds):