1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tests/replication/test_multi_media_repo.py b/tests/replication/test_multi_media_repo.py
index 1527b4a82d..6e78daa830 100644
--- a/tests/replication/test_multi_media_repo.py
+++ b/tests/replication/test_multi_media_repo.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class MediaRepoShardTestCase(BaseMultiWorkerStreamTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(request.method, b"GET")
         self.assertEqual(
             request.path,
-            f"/_matrix/media/r0/download/{target}/{media_id}".encode("utf-8"),
+            f"/_matrix/media/r0/download/{target}/{media_id}".encode(),
         )
         self.assertEqual(
             request.requestHeaders.getRawHeaders(b"host"), [target.encode("utf-8")]