The Frame Server has encountered an error

Use Case

When launching Nuke from SG Desktop the error message “The Frame Server has encountered an error.” is presented, and you can continue to work.

Complete error:

The Frame Server has encountered an error.

Nuke 12.1v5, 64 bit, built Sep 30 2020.
Copyright (c) 2020 The Foundry Visionmongers Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
Loading - init.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/Applications/Nuke12.1v5/Nuke12.1v5.app/Contents/Resources/pythonextensions/site-packages/foundry/frameserver/nuke/workerapplication.py”, line 18, in
from util import(asUtf8, asUnicode)
ImportError: cannot import name asUtf8
cannot import name asUtf8

How to fix

This error can happen when there is a dev path still on the config.

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