diff --git a/src/gui/guiChatConsole.cpp b/src/gui/guiChatConsole.cpp
index cde97d248..1b2ddf85e 100644
--- a/src/gui/guiChatConsole.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/guiChatConsole.cpp
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ void GUIChatConsole::drawText()
 					false,
 					false,
 					&AbsoluteClippingRect);
-			} else 
+			} else
 #endif
 			{
 				// Otherwise use standard text
@@ -563,8 +563,7 @@ bool GUIChatConsole::OnEvent(const SEvent& event)
 			const c8 *text = os_operator->getTextFromClipboard();
 			if (!text)
 				return true;
-			std::basic_string<unsigned char> str((const unsigned char*)text);
-			prompt.input(std::wstring(str.begin(), str.end()));
+			prompt.input(utf8_to_wide(text));
 			return true;
 		}
 		else if(event.KeyInput.Key == KEY_KEY_X && event.KeyInput.Control)
diff --git a/src/gui/guiEditBox.cpp b/src/gui/guiEditBox.cpp
index 79979dbc3..839a89e87 100644
--- a/src/gui/guiEditBox.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/guiEditBox.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 #include "IGUIFont.h"
 
 #include "porting.h"
+#include "util/string.h"
 
 GUIEditBox::~GUIEditBox()
 {
@@ -536,8 +537,7 @@ void GUIEditBox::onKeyControlC(const SEvent &event)
 	const s32 realmbgn = m_mark_begin < m_mark_end ? m_mark_begin : m_mark_end;
 	const s32 realmend = m_mark_begin < m_mark_end ? m_mark_end : m_mark_begin;
 
-	core::stringc s;
-	s = Text.subString(realmbgn, realmend - realmbgn).c_str();
+	std::string s = stringw_to_utf8(Text.subString(realmbgn, realmend - realmbgn));
 	m_operator->copyToClipboard(s.c_str());
 }
 
@@ -583,29 +583,28 @@ bool GUIEditBox::onKeyControlV(const SEvent &event, s32 &mark_begin, s32 &mark_e
 
 	// add new character
 	if (const c8 *p = m_operator->getTextFromClipboard()) {
+		core::stringw inserted_text = utf8_to_stringw(p);
 		if (m_mark_begin == m_mark_end) {
 			// insert text
 			core::stringw s = Text.subString(0, m_cursor_pos);
-			s.append(p);
+			s.append(inserted_text);
 			s.append(Text.subString(
 					m_cursor_pos, Text.size() - m_cursor_pos));
 
 			if (!m_max || s.size() <= m_max) {
 				Text = s;
-				s = p;
-				m_cursor_pos += s.size();
+				m_cursor_pos += inserted_text.size();
 			}
 		} else {
 			// replace text
 
 			core::stringw s = Text.subString(0, realmbgn);
-			s.append(p);
+			s.append(inserted_text);
 			s.append(Text.subString(realmend, Text.size() - realmend));
 
 			if (!m_max || s.size() <= m_max) {
 				Text = s;
-				s = p;
-				m_cursor_pos = realmbgn + s.size();
+				m_cursor_pos = realmbgn + inserted_text.size();
 			}
 		}
 	}