diff --git a/Minetestmapper/mapper.cpp b/Minetestmapper/mapper.cpp
index 52f4686..c7baba4 100644
--- a/Minetestmapper/mapper.cpp
+++ b/Minetestmapper/mapper.cpp
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ Mapper::Mapper(const string &executablePath, const string &executableName ) :
 	executablePath(executablePath),
 	executableName(executableName)
 {
-	charConvUTF8 = CharEncodingConverter::createStandardConverter("UTF-8");
 }
 
 int Mapper::start(int argc, char *argv[]) {
@@ -802,7 +801,7 @@ int Mapper::start(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 						usage();
 						exit(1);
 					}
-					drawObject.text = charConvUTF8->convert(localizedText);
+					drawObject.text = localizedText;
 				}
 
 				generator.drawObject(drawObject);
diff --git a/Minetestmapper/mapper.h b/Minetestmapper/mapper.h
index b806406..ac72dd4 100644
--- a/Minetestmapper/mapper.h
+++ b/Minetestmapper/mapper.h
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #pragma once
 
-#include "CharEncodingConverter.h"
 #include "TileGenerator.h"
 #include <getopt.h>
 #include <istream>
@@ -75,7 +74,6 @@ private:
 	std::string heightMapNodesFile;
 	bool foundGeometrySpec = false;
 	bool setFixedOrShrinkGeometry = false;
-	CharEncodingConverter *charConvUTF8;
 
 	const std::string nodeColorsDefaultFile = "colors.txt";
 	const std::string heightMapNodesDefaultFile = "heightmap-nodes.txt";