diff -r 918b64c91e6c -r 9e3f505b1d50 mercurial/context.py
--- a/mercurial/context.py	Wed Mar 02 12:46:54 2016 -0600
+++ b/mercurial/context.py	Wed Mar 02 16:05:30 2016 -0600
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@
         return self._changeset[0]
 
     def user(self):
-        return encoding.tolocal(self._changeset[1])
+        return self._changeset[1]
     def date(self):
         return self._changeset[2]
     def files(self):