diff --git a/mercurial/hgweb/hgweb_mod.py b/mercurial/hgweb/hgweb_mod.py
index 2c95091351..d4b57b8d60 100644
--- a/mercurial/hgweb/hgweb_mod.py
+++ b/mercurial/hgweb/hgweb_mod.py
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ def revnavgen(pos, pagelen, limit, nodefunc):
 class hgweb(object):
     def __init__(self, repo, name=None):
         if isinstance(repo, str):
-            self.repo = hg.repository(ui.ui(report_untrusted=False), repo)
+            parentui = ui.ui(report_untrusted=False, interactive=False)
+            self.repo = hg.repository(parentui, repo)
         else:
             self.repo = repo
 
diff --git a/mercurial/hgweb/hgwebdir_mod.py b/mercurial/hgweb/hgwebdir_mod.py
index 9ab58c0cf8..2098067df6 100644
--- a/mercurial/hgweb/hgwebdir_mod.py
+++ b/mercurial/hgweb/hgwebdir_mod.py
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ class hgwebdir(object):
             else:
                 yield config('web', 'motd', '')
 
-        parentui = self.parentui or ui.ui(report_untrusted=False)
+        parentui = self.parentui or ui.ui(report_untrusted=False,
+                                          interactive=False)
 
         def config(section, name, default=None, untrusted=True):
             return parentui.config(section, name, default, untrusted)