1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/share/rpcauth/rpcauth.py b/share/rpcauth/rpcauth.py
index b14c80171e..c6d9b652b8 100755
--- a/share/rpcauth/rpcauth.py
+++ b/share/rpcauth/rpcauth.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 from argparse import ArgumentParser
 from base64 import urlsafe_b64encode
-from binascii import hexlify
 from getpass import getpass
 from os import urandom
 
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@ import hmac
 
 def generate_salt(size):
     """Create size byte hex salt"""
-    return hexlify(urandom(size)).decode()
+    return urandom(size).hex()
 
 def generate_password():
     """Create 32 byte b64 password"""