diff -r 71e12fc53b80 -r f7874de435c5 mercurial/crecord.py
--- a/mercurial/crecord.py	Mon Mar 14 15:01:27 2016 +0000
+++ b/mercurial/crecord.py	Mon Mar 14 15:01:27 2016 +0000
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     This method returns True if curses is found (and that python is built with
     it) and that the user has the correct flag for the ui.
     """
-    return curses and ui.configbool('experimental', 'crecord', False)
+    return curses and ui.interface("chunkselector") == "curses"
 
 _origstdout = sys.__stdout__ # used by gethw()