2 files changed, 5 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/src/virtualenv/activation/python/__init__.py b/src/virtualenv/activation/python/__init__.py
index eb83504..28861f9 100644
--- a/src/virtualenv/activation/python/__init__.py
+++ b/src/virtualenv/activation/python/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import os
-import sys
 from collections import OrderedDict
 
 from ..via_template import ViaTemplateActivator
@@ -12,23 +13,14 @@ class PythonActivator(ViaTemplateActivator):
     def replacements(self, creator, dest_folder):
         replacements = super().replacements(creator, dest_folder)
         lib_folders = OrderedDict((os.path.relpath(str(i), str(dest_folder)), None) for i in creator.libs)
-        win_py2 = creator.interpreter.platform == "win32" and creator.interpreter.version_info.major == 2
         replacements.update(
             {
                 "__LIB_FOLDERS__": os.pathsep.join(lib_folders.keys()),
-                "__DECODE_PATH__": ("yes" if win_py2 else ""),
+                "__DECODE_PATH__": "",
             },
         )
         return replacements
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def _repr_unicode(creator, value):
-        py2 = creator.interpreter.version_info.major == 2
-        if py2:  # on Python 2 we need to encode this into explicit utf-8, py3 supports unicode literals
-            start = 2 if sys.version_info[0] == 3 else 1
-            value = repr(value.encode("utf-8"))[start:-1]
-        return value
-
 
 __all__ = [
     "PythonActivator",
diff --git a/src/virtualenv/activation/python/activate_this.py b/src/virtualenv/activation/python/activate_this.py
index e8eeb84..192c796 100644
--- a/src/virtualenv/activation/python/activate_this.py
+++ b/src/virtualenv/activation/python/activate_this.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Use exec(open(this_file).read(), {'__file__': this_file}).
 
 This can be used when you must use an existing Python interpreter, not the virtualenv bin/python.
 """
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import os
 import site
 import sys