1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/buildhistory.bbclass b/meta/classes/buildhistory.bbclass
index 545a42fe91..6b097ea20f 100644
--- a/meta/classes/buildhistory.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/buildhistory.bbclass
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ python buildhistory_emit_pkghistory() {
                 key = item[0]
                 if key.endswith('_' + pkg):
                     key = key[:-len(pkg)-1]
-                pkgdata[key] = item[1].decode('utf-8', 'string_escape')
+                pkgdata[key] = item[1].decode('utf-8').decode('string_escape')
 
         pkge = pkgdata.get('PKGE', '0')
         pkgv = pkgdata['PKGV']