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diff --git a/buildstream/_platform/linux.py b/buildstream/_platform/linux.py
index 702059a5d..85e810c26 100644
--- a/buildstream/_platform/linux.py
+++ b/buildstream/_platform/linux.py
@@ -143,8 +143,7 @@ class Linux(Platform):
'--unshare-user',
'--uid', '0', '--gid', '0',
whoami,
- ])
- output = output.decode('UTF-8').strip()
+ ], universal_newlines=True).strip()
except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
output = ''