diff --git a/lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/tools/lldb-server/socket_packet_pump.py b/lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/tools/lldb-server/socket_packet_pump.py
--- a/lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/tools/lldb-server/socket_packet_pump.py
+++ b/lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/tools/lldb-server/socket_packet_pump.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 import select
 import threading
 import traceback
-import codecs
 
 from six.moves import queue
 from lldbsuite.support import seven
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@
 
 def _dump_queue(the_queue):
     while not the_queue.empty():
-        print(codecs.encode(the_queue.get(True), "string_escape"))
+        print(repr(the_queue.get(True)))
         print("\n")