diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 18bc0117d5..c391a32c3a 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -3272,7 +3272,6 @@ lcl/themes.pas svneol=native#text/pascal
 lcl/tmschema.pas svneol=native#text/pascal
 lcl/toolwin.pp svneol=native#text/pascal
 lcl/translations.pas svneol=native#text/pascal
-lcl/utf8wstring.pas -text
 lcl/utrace.pp svneol=native#text/pascal
 lcl/widgetset/README.txt svneol=native#text/plain
 lcl/widgetset/wsactnlist.pp svneol=native#text/pascal
diff --git a/lcl/alllclunits.pp b/lcl/alllclunits.pp
index 91459a2996..ffec87640e 100644
--- a/lcl/alllclunits.pp
+++ b/lcl/alllclunits.pp
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ uses
   WSProc,
   WSDesigner,
   // Other units
-  DefaultTranslator, utf8wstring;
+  DefaultTranslator;
 
 implementation
 
diff --git a/lcl/interfacebase.pp b/lcl/interfacebase.pp
index bb876166d3..4451f851ea 100644
--- a/lcl/interfacebase.pp
+++ b/lcl/interfacebase.pp
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ interface
 {$endif}
 
 uses
-{$ifdef UseUTF8WString}
-  utf8wstring,
-{$endif}
   Types, Classes, SysUtils, Math, LCLStrConsts, LCLType, LCLProc, LMessages,
   GraphType, GraphMath, Themes;
 
diff --git a/lcl/utf8wstring.pas b/lcl/utf8wstring.pas
deleted file mode 100644
index 8a39a8c715..0000000000
--- a/lcl/utf8wstring.pas
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-{
- /***************************************************************************
-                                  utf8wstring.pas
-                                  -----------
-                             UTF-8 Widestring manager
-
-
- ***************************************************************************/
-
- *****************************************************************************
- *                                                                           *
- *  This file is part of the Lazarus Component Library (LCL)                 *
- *                                                                           *
- *  See the file COPYING.modifiedLGPL, included in this distribution,        *
- *  for details about the copyright.                                         *
- *                                                                           *
- *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,          *
- *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of           *
- *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.                     *
- *                                                                           *
- *****************************************************************************
-
-  Ensures that we have a reliable encoding for ansistrings (UTF-8 Encoding),
-  until a new type for utf-8 strings is created.
-}
-unit utf8wstring;
-
-{$mode objfpc}{$H+}
-
-interface
-
-uses
-  Classes, SysUtils; 
-
-procedure UTF8Wide2AnsiMove(source:pwidechar;var dest:ansistring;len:SizeInt);
-procedure UTF8Ansi2WideMove(source:pchar;var dest:widestring;len:SizeInt);
-
-implementation
-
-procedure UTF8Wide2AnsiMove(source: pwidechar; var dest: ansistring; len: SizeInt);
-var
-  Buffer: WideString;
-begin
-  Buffer := Copy(source, 1, len);
-  dest := UTF8Encode(Buffer);
-end;
-
-procedure UTF8Ansi2WideMove(source: pchar; var dest: widestring; len: SizeInt);
-var
-  Buffer: ansistring;
-begin
-  Buffer := Copy(source, 1, len);
-  dest := UTF8Decode(Buffer);
-end;
-
-initialization
-
-  Widestringmanager.Wide2AnsiMoveProc := @UTF8Wide2AnsiMove;
-  Widestringmanager.Ansi2WideMoveProc := @UTF8Ansi2WideMove;
-
-end.
-