diff --git a/tests/test-wireproto-command-filedata.t b/tests/test-wireproto-command-filedata.t
--- a/tests/test-wireproto-command-filedata.t
+++ b/tests/test-wireproto-command-filedata.t
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@
 
   $ sendhttpv2peer << EOF
   > command filedata
-  >     nodes eval:['\x2b\x4e\xb0\x73\x19\xbf\xa0\x77\xa4\x0a\x2f\x04\x91\x36\x59\xae\xf0\xda\x42\xda', '\x9a\x38\x12\x29\x97\xb3\xac\x97\xbe\x2a\x9a\xa2\xe5\x56\x83\x83\x41\xfd\xf2\xcc']
+  >     nodes eval:[b'\x2b\x4e\xb0\x73\x19\xbf\xa0\x77\xa4\x0a\x2f\x04\x91\x36\x59\xae\xf0\xda\x42\xda', b'\x9a\x38\x12\x29\x97\xb3\xac\x97\xbe\x2a\x9a\xa2\xe5\x56\x83\x83\x41\xfd\xf2\xcc']
   >     path eval:b'a'
   >     fields eval:[b'revision']
   > EOF
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@
 
   $ sendhttpv2peer << EOF
   > command filedata
-  >     nodes eval:['\x9a\x38\x12\x29\x97\xb3\xac\x97\xbe\x2a\x9a\xa2\xe5\x56\x83\x83\x41\xfd\xf2\xcc', '\x2b\x4e\xb0\x73\x19\xbf\xa0\x77\xa4\x0a\x2f\x04\x91\x36\x59\xae\xf0\xda\x42\xda']
+  >     nodes eval:[b'\x9a\x38\x12\x29\x97\xb3\xac\x97\xbe\x2a\x9a\xa2\xe5\x56\x83\x83\x41\xfd\xf2\xcc', b'\x2b\x4e\xb0\x73\x19\xbf\xa0\x77\xa4\x0a\x2f\x04\x91\x36\x59\xae\xf0\xda\x42\xda']
   >     path eval:b'a'
   >     fields eval:[b'revision']
   > EOF
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@
 
   $ sendhttpv2peer << EOF
   > command filedata
-  >     nodes eval:['\x08\x79\x34\x5e\x39\x37\x72\x29\x63\x4b\x42\x0c\x63\x94\x54\x15\x67\x26\xc6\xb6']
+  >     nodes eval:[b'\x08\x79\x34\x5e\x39\x37\x72\x29\x63\x4b\x42\x0c\x63\x94\x54\x15\x67\x26\xc6\xb6']
   >     path eval:b'a'
   >     fields eval:[b'parents', b'revision']
   > EOF