--- a/eric6/Debugger/VariablesViewer.py	Sun Dec 06 12:46:00 2020 +0100
+++ b/eric6/Debugger/VariablesViewer.py	Sun Dec 06 17:43:11 2020 +0100
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@
         elif dtype == "Shiboken.EnumType":
             self.hasChildren = True
             
-        elif dtype in ['str', 'unicode']:
+        elif dtype == 'str':
             if VariableItem.rx_nonprintable.search(dvalue) is None:
                 try:
                     dvalue = ast.literal_eval(dvalue)