diff --git a/mercurial/cmdutil.py b/mercurial/cmdutil.py
--- a/mercurial/cmdutil.py
+++ b/mercurial/cmdutil.py
@@ -3020,8 +3020,6 @@
                                 else:
                                     util.rename(target, bakname)
                     if ui.verbose or not exact:
-                        if not isinstance(msg, bytes):
-                            msg = msg(abs)
                         ui.status(msg % rel)
                 elif exact:
                     ui.warn(msg % rel)