diff --git a/patches/patchinstall.sh b/patches/patchinstall.sh
index bfb668b1..b9d138f2 100755
--- a/patches/patchinstall.sh
+++ b/patches/patchinstall.sh
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ usage()
 # Get the upstream commit sha
 upstream_commit()
 {
-	echo "b'df5f6f66de80085249d392be5efa085e6ee056a0'"
+	echo "df5f6f66de80085249d392be5efa085e6ee056a0"
 }
 
 # Show version information
diff --git a/staging/patchupdate.py b/staging/patchupdate.py
index 51a86dd0..5aa95c8c 100755
--- a/staging/patchupdate.py
+++ b/staging/patchupdate.py
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ def generate_script(all_patches, resolved):
         template = template_fp.read()
     with open(config.path_script, "w") as fp:
         fp.write(template.format(staging_version=_staging_version(),
-                                 upstream_commit=upstream_commit,
+                                 upstream_commit=upstream_commit.decode(),
                                  patch_helpers="".join(lines_helpers).rstrip("\n"),
                                  patch_resolver="".join(lines_resolver).rstrip("\n"),
                                  patch_apply="".join(lines_apply).rstrip("\n")))