diff --git a/hgext/convert/subversion.py b/hgext/convert/subversion.py
--- a/hgext/convert/subversion.py
+++ b/hgext/convert/subversion.py
@@ -1270,7 +1270,7 @@
         self.childmap[parent] = child
 
     def revid(self, rev):
-        return u"svn:%s@%s" % (self.uuid, rev)
+        return "svn:%s@%s" % (self.uuid, rev)
 
     def putcommit(self, files, copies, parents, commit, source, revmap, full,
                   cleanp2):