--- a/eric6/Debugger/VariablesViewer.py	Wed Jun 17 17:14:12 2020 +0200
+++ b/eric6/Debugger/VariablesViewer.py	Sun Jul 05 11:11:24 2020 +0200
@@ -197,12 +197,9 @@
             if VariableItem.rx_nonprintable.indexIn(dvalue) == -1:
                 try:
                     dvalue = ast.literal_eval(dvalue)
-                except Exception:
+                except Exception:       # secok
                     pass
-            try:
-                dvalue = str(dvalue)
-            except UnicodeDecodeError:  # Never reached under Python 3
-                dvalue = unicode(dvalue, 'utf-8')  # __IGNORE_WARNING__
+            dvalue = str(dvalue)
         
         self.value = dvalue