diff --git a/src/tuxpaint.c b/src/tuxpaint.c
index ebc47d7d2..b63b20b3e 100644
--- a/src/tuxpaint.c
+++ b/src/tuxpaint.c
@@ -336,33 +336,6 @@ typedef struct safer_dirent
 
 #define mkdir(path,access)    _mkdir(path)
 
-/**
- * FIXME
- */
-static void mtw(wchar_t * wtok, char *tok)
-{
-  /* workaround using iconv to get a functionallity somewhat approximate as mbstowcs() */
-  Uint16 *ui16;
-
-  ui16 = malloc(255);
-  char *wrptr = (char *)ui16;
-  size_t n, in, out;
-  iconv_t trans;
-  wchar_t *wch;
-
-  n = 255;
-  in = 250;
-  out = 250;
-  wch = malloc(255);
-
-  trans = iconv_open("WCHAR_T", "UTF-8");
-  iconv(trans, (const char **)&tok, &in, &wrptr, &out);
-  *((wchar_t *) wrptr) = L'\0';
-  swprintf(wtok, L"%ls", ui16);
-  free(ui16);
-  iconv_close(trans);
-}
-
 #endif /* WIN32 */
 
 #if defined(__MACOS__)
@@ -22518,27 +22491,12 @@ static void load_info_about_label_surface(FILE * lfi)
       new_node = malloc(sizeof(struct label_node));
 
       tmp_fscanf_return = fscanf(lfi, "%u\n", &new_node->save_texttool_len);
-#ifdef WIN32
-      char *tmpstr;
-      wchar_t *wtmpstr;
-
-      tmpstr = malloc(1024);
-      wtmpstr = malloc(1024);
-      fgets(tmpstr, 1024, lfi);
-      mtw(wtmpstr, tmpstr);
-      for (l = 0; l < new_node->save_texttool_len; l++)
-        {
-          new_node->save_texttool_str[l] = wtmpstr[l];
-        }
-
-#else
       for (l = 0; l < new_node->save_texttool_len; l++)
         {
           tmp_fscanf_return = fscanf(lfi, "%lc", &tmp_char);
           new_node->save_texttool_str[l] = tmp_char;
         }
       tmp_fscanf_return = fscanf(lfi, "\n");
-#endif
       tmp_fscanf_return = fscanf(lfi, "%u\n", &l);
       new_node->save_color.r = (Uint8) l;
       tmp_fscanf_return = fscanf(lfi, "%u\n", &l);