--- a/eric6/Debugger/VariablesViewer.py	Thu Jun 25 19:09:55 2020 +0200
+++ b/eric6/Debugger/VariablesViewer.py	Sat Jun 27 12:08:12 2020 +0200
@@ -199,10 +199,7 @@
                     dvalue = ast.literal_eval(dvalue)
                 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